TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback in the union’s drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South. The workers voted 56% against the union, according to unofficial totals released by the UAW, which had people watching […]
An Alabama middle school principal was arrested and charged in the cold-case deaths of three people in Georgia more than a decade ago. The victims were found Jan. 13, 2013, after an officer in Union City, Georgia, saw a 2010 Dodge Charger abandoned in Fulton County, the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release […]
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) announced Monday that she has signed a bill into law punishing employers that make it easier for their employees to bargain collectively. The law, known as Senate Bill 231, bars companies from receiving state economic incentives if they voluntarily recognize their workers’ unions, rather than forcing them to vote on […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 2,283 in the week ending May 4, up from 2,259 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 231,000 last […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 2,283 in the week ending May 4, up from 2,259 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 231,000 last […]
Around 1,000 people had gathered for the May Day event in Stockton, Ala., when an altercation led to a shooting WKRG/Youtube Authorities investigate the shooting at the May Day event in Stockton, Alabama, on May 11. Three people were killed and 15 were injured after a shooting at a large event in Alabama, authorities said. […]
UPDATE (10:55 a.m.): Some local schools are without power. In Baldwin County, Baldwin County High School, Bay Minette Middle School, Bay Minette Elementary School and Delta Elementary are without power. Lott Middle School in Mobile is letting out early due to a power outage and being without water. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Strong winds could […]
At least three people are dead and over a dozen others are injured after an altercation led to a shooting at a large party Saturday in Stockton, Alabama. Local residents hosted a May Day event on Saturday that was attended by around 1,000 people, according to estimates from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. Witnesses told […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is setting its sights on its next big union victory in the south, at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Vance and Woodstock, Alabama. Coming off the historic union election win at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 5,200 workers are to begin voting in their union election from 13 May […]
Millions of people in the U.S. as far south as the Carolinas could be in for another dazzling display of the Northern Lights on Sunday night as Earth continues to be blasted by a historic geomagnetic storm that hasn’t been experienced in decades. A Strong Geomagnetic Storm Warning continues until 2 a.m. EDT on Monday […]
STOCKTON, Ala. (WKRG) — Three people were killed and 15 others were injured in a shooting at an event in Alabama over the weekend, police said. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday at a May Day celebration in Stockton, where about 1,000 people were gathered, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore” and will vote for a union. The company has repeatedly promised to improve pay and conditions, but Garrard said those promises have not materialized. “Mercedes claims that we’re a family, one […]