Resource

The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor Highlight

posted on in: Quote.

South Carolina has the most hostile version of this state law that exists, flat-out prohibiting public sector collective bargaining. Unlike many Republican states, they don’t even have an exception for police officers and firefighters. Hostility toward organized labor outweighs even the usual Republican need to worship at the altar of law enforcement.

— Hamilton Nolan

Replicated under Fair Use from The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor by Hamilton Nolan.