Author: Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/6 – 10/13

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/6 – 10/13

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from October 6-14: 76 workers at Controls Southeast in Pineville, NC filed for a union election with the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters, Welders, and HVAC-R Service Techs (UA) Local 421 The National Right to Work Foundation filed a decertification petition on behalf…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/29 – 10/6

    BOSS WATCH: 9/29 – 10/6

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, October 6 A 29-year-old employee of a Florida marine construction company drowned in five feet of water after being pinned under a fallen crane in March 2023. Federal workplace safety investigators determined the company could have prevented the fatality by following required safety standards.…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/29 – 10/6

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/29 – 10/6

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from September 29-October 6: The employer filed for a union election after 5 workers at Union Oil & Gas in Charleston, WV showed majority support for unionization with the United Steel Workers International Union (USW) The National Right to Work Foundation filed a…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/22 – 9/29

    BOSS WATCH: 9/22 – 9/29

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 29 An Oklahoma construction contractor entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay $370,660 in criminal and civil penalties to avoid federal prosecution on one count of ignoring federal safety regulations that resulted in a worker fatality in St. Joseph in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/22 – 9/29

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/22 – 9/29

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from September 22-29: We continue to try to make this newsletter more informative for you, so we want to add in this section whether or not the new filing is employer filed or worker filed. An employer filed election petition is one that…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/16 – 9/22

    BOSS WATCH: 9/16 – 9/22

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 22 WHNT reported last week on a familiar story to people that have spent any amount of time in the service industry: Struts on Pine – a restaurant in Muscle Shoals closed without notice to employees, leaving 24 workers not only without a…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/16 – 9/22

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/16 – 9/22

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from September 16-22: 104 workers at Overseas Shipholding Group in Tampa, FL filed for unionization with the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots.  31 workers at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, VA filed for unionization with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 822…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/8 – 9/15

    BOSS WATCH: 9/8 – 9/15

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 15 COAL CRETINS CRYING POOR From the West Virginia Gazette: Coal industry bosses owe more than $16 million in unpaid federal mine safety fines as of the end of July 2023.  “Unpaid mine safety fines are the equivalent of a rude gesture from…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/8 – 9/15

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/8 – 9/15

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from September 8-15: Big week for election filings in the Southern US and colonies: 2,455 workers total just last week.  25 workers at Science News Media Group in Washington DC filed for a union election with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 84 drivers and merchandisers at…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 9/1 – 9/8

    BOSS WATCH: 9/1 – 9/8

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 8 LOUISIANA THIEVES The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the operator of a New Orleans-area home healthcare agency to pay 80 workers a total of $630,000 in back wages and damages after the employer misclassified them as independent…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/1 – 9/8

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 9/1 – 9/8

    Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from September 1-7: 10 workers at Blue Sprocket Pressing in Harrisonburg, VA filed for a union election with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 29 9 maintenance workers at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, MO filed for a union election with the Service…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 8/25 – 9/1

    BOSS WATCH: 8/25 – 9/1

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, September 1 ALABAMA KILLER Last year, Brett Savage, a 36-year-old communications technician with the Alabama Forestry Commission and a resident of Deatsville, in Elmore County, was killed instantly when the communications tower he was helping a crew remove unexpectedly fell on top of him…

    Jacob Morrison