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IATSE strikes Jonathan Majors-produced low-budget film in South Carolina after producers refuse to 'bargain with communists' and extensive set accidents 2026-04-04 [Deadline]

Union Members Distribute Food for Federal Workers 2025-12-18 [Labour Notes]

Waffle House workers begin strike over pay and working conditions, union says 2025-10-14 [WRDW]

Boeing Starts Union ‘Education Sessions’ as Labor Movement Stirs 2024-10-08 [Bloomberg]

Midlands Starbucks workers unionize, joining other SC stores after national hiccups 2024-06-19 [The State]

Newberry Starbucks workers file for union elections, one of 18 in massive day of filing 2024-06-06 [WISTV]

AFL-CIO's president and secretary-treasurer condemn supreme court's disenfranchisement of black voters in South Carolina 2024-05-29 [AFL-CIO]

Labour union asks federal regulators to oversee South Carolina workplace safety program 2023-12-08 [OHS Canada]

Pelham road starbucks workers file petition to leave workers union due to unmet needs For more info 2023-10-19 [Greenville News]

Waffle House worker says she had to go to the ER after working 17-hour shifts 2023-07-17 [Daily Dot]

WAFFLE HOUSE WORKERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON STRIKE OVER SECURITY ISSUES 2023-07-10 [Black Enterprise]

Workers at this SC Waffle House are on strike. Here’s which one and why 2023-07-09 [The State]

87% of Service Workers in the US South were Injured on the Job Last Year 2023-04-07 [Newsclick]

Union alleges neglect in South Carolina safety inspections 2023-04-06 [OHS Canada]

Dozens of customer service employees gathered in Columbia to protest what they say are unsafe working conditions 2023-04-05 [WLTX]

Union Wins Labor Board Ruling in Port Dispute 2022-12-24 [MBT]

Boeing's switch to ‘smart machine' inspectors draws heat from union 2019-04-21 [Post and Courier]

Union has ‘serious concerns' about ex-SC Gov. Nikki Haley joining Boeing's board 2019-03-04 [Post and Courier]

Letter carriers' annual food drive is May 14 2022-05-07 [Newberry Observer]

Union Vote at Boeing Plant Tests Labor's Sway Under Trump 2017-02-14 [NYTimes]

Lawmakers from both coasts battling over Boeing's North Charleston union vote 2018-10-02 [Post and Courier]

Record financial performance gives Boeing's SC non-union workers a big payout 2019-02-15 [Post and Courier]

Poor People's Campaign leaders honor striking Charleston hospital workers of 1969 2019-03-24 [Post and Courier]

Starbucks unions have reached SC. Could national wave shift organized labor in the state? 2022-06-05 [The State]

US Dept. of Labor recovers $624,000 after restaurants gets accused of shortchanging workers 2022-05-11 [WIS]

Emergency service workers push for mental health leave 2021-07-24 [WLTX]

Retail workers in South Carolina get paid -38.80% [sic] less than other workers, survey shows 2021-04-25 [WBTW]

S.C. worker uses 3D printing to make face shields for healthcare workers 2021-03-31 [WRDW]

SC first responders push for COVID-19 compensation 2021-01-15 [WLTX]

Laid off or fired while quarantined for coronavirus, these SC workers sued 2020-08-17 [Post and Courier]

Claims that Boeing SC unlawfully fired workers over union support move closer to trial 2020-04-11 [Post and Courier]

South Carolina again has lowest percentage of workers joining labor unions 2020-01-25 [Post and Courier]

Boeing 737 Max crashes put spotlight on manufacturing practices 2019-12-23 [Post and Courier]

Federal labor board overturns Boeing SC union bid 2019-09-10 [Post and Courier]

Union workers protest AT&T during contract negotiations 2019-08-27 [WSPA]

Where does SC teacher labor movement go after 10,000 person march? 2019-05-05 [Post and Courier]

'It's because we were union members': Boeing fires workers who organized 2019-05-03 [The Guardian]

South Carolina teachers flex their activist muscles after decades of labor losses 2019-04-29 [Post & Courier]

Machinists say Boeing fired workers over union membership 2018-12-23 [The State]

Bernie Sanders accuses Boeing of harassing, firing North Charleston workers 2018-12-20 [Post and Courier]

More legal Mexican farm workers are coming to SC than ever. But few are protecting them 2018-10-19 [Post and Courier]

Labor union claims improper surveillance of Boeing workers in North Charleston 2018-10-17 [Post and Courier]

Underpaid SC workers want cut of $177M surplus. GOP Governor snubbed after saying no 2018-10-16 [The State]

Letter: Boeing workers used their right to vote 2018-08-03 [Post and Courier]

Boeing asks for review of North Charleston union vote, setting up potential landmark ruling 2018-06-29 [Post and Courier]

Boeing won't recognize union win at North Charleston site as it appeals vote 2018-06-19 [Post and Courier]

Union presence could benefit all workers at Boeing North Charleston campus, experts say 2018-06-03 [Post and Courier]

Workers to vote on micro union at Boeing South Carolina plant 2018-05-31 [Reuters]

Boeing technicians in South Carolina to vote on unionization 2018-05-22 [Reuters]

Machinists launch another union drive at Boeing 2018-03-07 [The Times]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-04-1968 In a church in Memphis, Tennessee, 10,000 citizens gather to hear what will be the last speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He will stress the similarities between the labour movement and that of civil rights. [more]

8-04-1911 An explosion at the Banner coal mine near Birmingham, Alabama, kills 128 prisoners rented to the company as miners, under a contract with the prison administration. [more]

10-04-1930 Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]

11-04-1934 Frank Norman is murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for organising citrus workers irrespective of their race. [more]

11-04-1974 United Mine Workers President W. A. “Tony” Boyle is found guilty of first-degree murder, for ordering the 1969 assassination of union reformer Joseph A. “Jock” Yablonski. Yablonski, his wife and daughter were murdered on December 30, 1969. [more]

14-04-1939 'The Grapes of Wrath', John Steinbeck's classic novel about itinerant labor, strikes and the Great Depression, is published. [more]

15-04-1889 Birth of labour and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph [more]

15-04-1916 The newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World union announced the formation of its Domestic Workers Union in Denver. [more]

15-04-1973 housands of members of the United Farm Workers union walked out on strike. They were battling the Teamsters union over the right to represent farm workers. The dispute ended with victory for the UFW. [more]

16-04-1970 A white foreman at a Chrysler plant in Detroit threatened to murder a black worker. When the worker complained Chrysler sacked him. 1,000 workers, white and black, walked out on strike in protest until management backed down. [more]

17-04-1944 Members of the militant machinists' union Lodge 68 in San Francisco began an overtime ban in pursuance of a new contract. They ended up fighting the employer, the government and even the Communist Party. [more]

18-04-1941 After 4 weeks of a boycott, New York bus companies agree to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics [more]

21-04-1967 New York Governor Rockefeller signs the Taylor Law, allowing unions in the public sector, but banning strikes. [more]

21-04-1920 The Anaconda Road massacre took place in Butte, Montana, when mine guards employed by the Anaconda company shot 17 striking miners, killing one. All were shot in the back as they tried to flee. No one was charged for the killing. [more]

21-04-1894 A nationwide strike of coal miners against pay cuts began. 145,000 miners walked out, and despite violent repression and facing starvation they held out for weeks and won some concessions. [more]

24-04-1999 The ILWU halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. [more]