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SC leaders address certification backlog affecting 4,000 nurse aide workers 2026-05-29 [WIS 10]

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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-06-1900 The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is founded in New York City. [more]

3-06-2016 A federal judge ruled that women's soccer players could not go on strike, despite their collective bargaining agreement (which included a no-strike clause) having expired. The women were in dispute over pay discrimination. [more]

4-06-1912 Massachusetts becomes the first US state to establish a minimum wage [more]

4-06-2012 When National Football League referees failed to agree to a new contract, which included big pension cuts, the NFL locked them out and began hiring scabs to replace them. Bosses came up with a revised offer which was agreed on 26 September. [more]

6-06-1933 10,000 auto workers strike in Lansing, Michigan and paralyze the city for a month following the arrest of 9 of them, including the union president's wife forced to leave 3 children alone at home. [more]

8-06-1917 Disaster at the Spectator mine in Butte, Montana: 168 dead. [more]

9-06-1865 Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born. [more]

10-06-1963 Congress adopts a law on equal pay for men and women. [more]

11-06-1913 Police shoot at maritime workers on strike at United Fruit Co. in New Orleans, killing one. [more]

12-06-1904 Defying AFL's Samuel Gompers, 50,000 members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen walk off their jobs. [more]

16-06-1918 Railroad union leader and socialist Eugene Debs makes his famous speech against capitalism in Canton, OH, which will land him in jail. [more]

17-06-1903 In Philadelphia, "Mother Jones" organizes a demonstration of children who had been mutilated in textile factories to draw public attention to their fate. [more]

19-06-1912 The eight-hour day is adopted for Federal employees [more]

20-06-1947 President Truman vetoes the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act, but his veto is overturned by Congress three days later. [more]

20-06-1893 The American Railway Union is founded with Eugène Debs at its head. [more]

21-06-1877 Hanging in Pennsylvania of 10 miners accused of being "Molly Maguires" activists sentenced to death on the basis of an investigation carried out by a private detectives agency sponsored by a private company. [more]

23-06-1999 Workers at Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in North Carolina vote for union recognition after a 25 year struggle [more]

27-06-1905 The Industrial Workers of the World, later popularly known as the Wobblies, is founded in Chicago with the aim of uniting all workers in One Big Union [more]

29-06-1894 Over 125,000 workers on two dozen railroads have joined the boycott of Pullman cars [more]

30-06-1918 Socialist anf labor leader Eugene Debs is arrested under the Espionage Act for making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio [more]