South Carolina Ports Authority Archives

September 24

Independent Workers to Be Locked Out of Port Jobs

The Biden NLRB left South Carolina Ports Authority CEO Barbara Melvin (pictured here with two longshore union bosses) and her colleagues with little leverage to defend crane operators’ freedom. Then the SCPA just gave up. (Credit: SCPA / X (formerly…

May 6

Foundation Brief Exposes ILA Union Scheme to Destroy 270 Nonunion Port Jobs

Despite employing hundreds of both union and nonunion employees and being a big boon to the Palmetto State’s economy, ILA union bosses want to shut down Charleston’s Leatherman Terminal until they gain a monopoly on jobs at the port.

October 31

National Right to Work Foundation Urges SCOTUS to Reverse NLRB Decision Letting ILA Union Wipe Out Nonunion Port Jobs

ILA union strategy to gain control over all jobs at Charleston, SC’s Leatherman Terminal will likely lead to termination of 270 port workers

August 30

Foundation Slams NLRB, ILA Union Officials in Brief to Fourth Circuit Court

Foundation staff attorneys are fighting to ensure that Charleston’s state-of-the-art Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal doesn’t become a safe harbor for ILA union bosses’ anti-worker schemes.

May 31

Will Biden Bureaucrats Hand Even More Coercive Power to Longshore Union Bosses With Extensive Alleged Mob Ties?

For decades, ILA bosses like Daggett have ... “held a tight grip on who is hired” at seaports all along the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S...