Last Week in Southern Labor

Here’s what workers in the US South and the American colonies were up to in the week ending on December 15: NEW CAMPAIGNS The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1933 filed a petition for a union election to add 4 workers at Lee County Electric Cooperative in North Fort Myers, FL to the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Here’s what workers in the Southern U.S. and the Colonies were up to from October 13-20: 41 workers at Republic Services in Calhoun, GA filed for a union election with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 728 19 workers at the Oklahoma Policy Institute in Tulsa, OK filed for a union election with the United Food…

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…

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…

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…