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A three-day strike by the International Longshoremen's Association has been suspended allowing time for negotiations on wages.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not take up a South Carolina coastal port dispute between the state and dockworkers at the Leatherman Terminal.

One of the largest labor organizations in the United States wants the federal government to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators. Service Employees International Union accuses state officials of failing to protect service employees in a Dec. 7 petition to the U.S. Labor Department.

Unionized dockworkers have the right to staff every job at a new container terminal in Charleston under a federal court decision — but there is no guarantee that a $1 billion loading site that has sat largely idle will soon resume activity.

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.

Over 100 service industry workers have gathered in the capital of the state with the county's lowest unionization rate to launch a new union and try to boost labor organizing across the U.S. South. The Union of Southern Service Workers hopes to win remedies for what it sees as a common set of grievances across a region historically hostile to unions. Its members cut a broad swath across the service industry and work in places like fast food chains, retail stores, warehouses and nursing homes.

A coalition including state representatives, pastors and union leaders wants a tire manufacturer to improve conditions at its South Carolina production facilities, including allowing workers to unionize. According to a copy of the document provided in advance to The Associated Press, a group planned to deliver a letter Tuesday to Giti Tire Manufacturing CEO Phang Wai Yeen. Signatories say workers complain of mandatory overtime and unpredictable schedules at the Richburg plant. Several labor unions, including United Steelworkers, signed onto the letter. The union has criticized Giti for "misspending millions in COVID-19 stimulus funds." The company has said it appropriately qualified for the assistance.