| S.C. union membership rate remains lowest in U.S. South Carolina had approximately 47,000 union members in 2019, 2.2% of the people employed in the state, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is half a percentage point lower than in 2018, despite an increase in employment in the Palmetto State. North Charleston to consider senior living project Pearce Development wants to revitalize plans for a new senior independent and assisted living project on Dorchester Road. The project was initially approved by the North Charleston City Council in 2009, and new plans are up for final reading tonight. | 