Employer-Employee Relations

Employer-employee relation in South Carolina are very stable and the state consistently ranks as one of the least unionized in the nation.  In 2004, only 4.5 percent of the state’s workers were members of a labor union.  Additionally, the state has consistently had one of the lowest work stoppage rates in the United States.  On average, less than .01 percent of working time was lost due to strikes in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries combines.