Author: Jacob Morrison

  • REVISED: Last Week in Southern Labor: 12/1 – 12/8

    REVISED: Last Week in Southern Labor: 12/1 – 12/8

    NOTE: Sorry for the duplicate mailing — we accidentally published this edition of Last Week in Southern Labor before necessary revisions and updates had been completed. We received additional details and responses from Emory Unite! and others, for instance, which have now been properly included below. So without further adieu, here’s what workers in the US South and the American…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/25 – 12/1

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/25 – 12/1

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from November 25 – December 6: NEW CAMPAIGNS The UAW is launching the largest organizing campaign in modern history, targeting 150,000 workers nationwide at 13 non union auto companies for unionization.  Workers likely led or pushed by their employer at Sherwin Williams in…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 11/25 – 12/1

    BOSS WATCH: 11/25 – 12/1

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, December 1 — FLORIDA ENDANGERERS — A federal workplace safety investigation found a South Bay correctional and rehabilitation facility failed to follow recognized safety practices, leaving employees vulnerable to violent attacks and injuries, including one worker who a patient reportedly struck in the face…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/17 – 11/25

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/17 – 11/25

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from November 17 – November 25: The employer filed for a union election after a majority of the 237 workers at nursing and rehab center Riverwood Center, LLC in Jacksonville, FL showed support for unionization with the Independent Association of Public and Private…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 11/17 – 11/25

    BOSS WATCH: 11/17 – 11/25

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, November 25 Papa John’s Pizza will pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced last week. According to the EEOC’s suit, in early 2020, Michael Barnes applied…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/10 – 11/17

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/10 – 11/17

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from November 10 – November 17: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 60 filed a unit clarification petition regarding the 500 worker bargaining unit it represents at Big State Electric in San Antonio, TX. I’m not exactly sure what clarification is…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 11/10 – 11/17

    BOSS WATCH: 11/10 – 11/17

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, November 17 Federal investigators have recovered $532,842 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Montgomery home healthcare business that misclassified 67 employees as independent contractors, and incurred overtime wage violations as a result. U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/4 – 11/10

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 11/4 – 11/10

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from November 4 – November 10: 200 Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Austin, TX filed for a union election with National Nurses United. Workers likely led or pushed by their employer, and represented by the National Right to Work Foundation,…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 11/3 – 11/10

    BOSS WATCH: 11/3 – 11/10

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, November 10 The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $11.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages for more than 1,000 employees of an East Coast restaurant chain after a series of investigations and litigation by the department.  The recovery is related to a…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/27 – 11/4

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/27 – 11/4

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from October 27 – November 4: 1223 workers at Manqual’s Office Cleaning Service in Guaynabo, PR filed for a union election with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1996 1840 more maintenance workers, these with Xpert’s in San Juan, PA, also filed…

    Jacob Morrison

  • BOSS WATCH: 10/27 – 11/3

    BOSS WATCH: 10/27 – 11/3

    Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, November 3 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Allandale Lawn & Landscape Inc., violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay 35 workers time and one-half the regular rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek.…

    Jacob Morrison

  • Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/20 – 10/27

    Last Week in Southern Labor: 10/20 – 10/27

    Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and her Colonies were up to from October 20-27: The employer filed for a union election after a majority of the 21 workers at Starbucks in Atlanta, GA showed support for unionization with Starbucks Workers United 6 workers at Lincare Inc in Wheeling, WV filed for a union election…

    Jacob Morrison