Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from August 25 – September 1: 36 workers at the North Carolina Association of Educators in Raleigh, North Carolina filed for a union election with the North Carolina Staff Organization, and then withdrew their petition in the same week. 22 workers at Statesville Painting and Maintenance in…
Author: Jacob Morrison
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BOSS WATCH: 8/18 – 8/25
We have an Alabama employer on the list this week, and so many companies stealing from their employees and putting them in illegally-dangerous workplaces that we didn’t have room for EEOC cases this week. It’s bad, folks! Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, August 25 ALABAMA MUTILATOR The Texas-based operator…
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Scottsboro Workers Go On First Ever Strike Against Starbucks in Alabama
Nearly the entire staff for the small Starbucks store on John T Reid Parkway in Scottsboro greeted hundreds of patrons on Sunday differently than they normally do. On the first Sunday that the popular Pumpkin Spice Latte would have been served, they told their customers that they were on strike and the store was closed.…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/18 – 8/25
Here’s what Southern US workers were up to from August 18 – 25: 1,722 PHD students providing instructional and research services at the private Emory University in Atlanta, GA filed for a union election with Workers United. They are holding a rally on Monday, 8/28 from 10-11am on the Quad outside the administration building. In…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/11 – 8/18
When Jonah Furman was doing his newsletter – Who Gets the Bird – we loved getting updates about the US Labor Movement right in our inbox. Our project won’t be as ambitious – we’re just wanting to capture everything workers are doing in the South – but we hope you’ll enjoy it nevertheless! Please do…
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BOSS WATCH: 8/11 – 8/18
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, August 18 TENNESSEE RETALIATOR The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Memphis Starbucks violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired seven workers over union organizing efforts. The NLRA gives workers the right to form a…
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Last Week in Southern Labor: 8/4 – 8/11
When Jonah Furman was doing his newsletter – Who Gets the Bird – we loved getting updates about the US Labor Movement right in our inbox. Our project won’t be as ambitious – we’re just wanting to capture everything workers are doing in the South – but we hope you’ll enjoy it nevertheless! Please do…
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Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the week ending on Friday, August 11 | BOSS WATCH
We’ve had a great reaction to our most recent recurring segment on The Valley Labor Report, so we’re going to be sending this out as a newsletter every week. It’s important that people understand how often bosses break the law – with working people as their victims – because of how skewed our media structure…
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Advocates visit Alabama lawmakers to urge support for Medicaid expansion
edicaid expansion is an issue deeply relevant to working Alabamians, from the hundreds of thousands caught in the healthcare coverage gap to the many more who stand to gain from the potential economic impact. The Valley Labor Report will continue to provide coverage of the important fight to expand Medicaid in Alabama. Critical to that…
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Yes, Republicans Want to Cut Social Security
epublicans reacted raucously last week when President Joe Biden relayed one of the most basic, fundamental truths about American politics during his State of the Union address: Republican politicians want to cut Social Security and Medicare. The word “liar” could be heard during this section of the speech multiple times, and the camera panned to…
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We Have a Favor to Ask You
e’ve got big dreams for TVLR. Workers in the South need media built for them, by them. Media that reports on issues of importance to us, lifts up our stories, and analyzes the news from a workers perspective. We need media organizations that care about organization and our collective power, and that serves as a…
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BOSS WATCH: 12/15/23 – 1/5/24
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, December 15 and Friday, January 5 —TEXAS HARASSER— South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…