Business Notebook

Gov. Nikki Haley said she will keep urging South Carolina Boeing workers to reject a union in the weeks before the April 22 union vote.

Haley spoke against the Machinists union during a Wednesday appearance in Summerville. She has said S.C. workers don’t need a middleman between them and their employers. She said her message for the union is to get out, that Boeing came to South Carolina without them and does not need them now.

The union said it will be talking to workers at their homes and at the union hall.

Five Points complex to start

The company that is to build an approximately $50 million student housing complex north of Five Points closed the land sale Wednesday and plans to start construction this month.

Peak Campus Development bought 4 acres at Gervais and Harden streets for an undisclosed sum, Colliers International, which represented the company in the purchase, said Thursday. The 218-unit complex is to be ready by August 2016.

A pay bump for workers at some McDonald’s restaurants isn’t likely to ease the pressures the chain is facing over labor issues.

McDonald’s said Wednesday it would raise wages for workers at its company-owned U.S. restaurants, which represent only about 10 percent of more than 14,300 locations. It also said it would offer paid time off for some workers.

The move marks the first time McDonald’s has set a national policy on wages, according to the company, and comes after it has been a primary target for ongoing demonstrations for pay of $15 and a union.

IN BRIEF

▪  Attorneys general from 14 states are calling on Congress to investigate the herbal supplements industry following a report from New York’s top prosecutor that alleged many products contain ingredients not listed on their labels and that could pose serious health risks.

▪  The Boy Scouts’ New York chapter has hired the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader in public contrast to the national scouting organization’s ban on openly gay adult members. The Boy Scouts’ Greater New York Councils said Thursday they have hired Pascal Tessier, an 18-year-old who has been a vocal advocate of opening the 105-year-old organization to gay scouts and leaders.

▪  Toy maker Mattel Inc. has laid off 107 employees at its headquarters, a few months after its chief executive abruptly resigned following a disappointing holiday season.

From Staff and Wire Reports.

This story was originally published April 2, 2015 at 11:55 PM with the headline "Business Notebook."