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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
James Pollard

Labor rift deepens between Republican governor and dockworkers in South Carolina

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Dockworkers and the governor in the state with the lowest percentage of unionized workers are digging in their heels over a labor dispute that has left the newest container terminal at the East Coast's deepest harbor largely inactive.

Pending before a federal appeals court is a National Labor Relations Board decision that upheld unionized dockworkers' right to exclusively staff the cranes at Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in Charleston, South Carolina, under a 2012 master contract.

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