Obscured by evidence that Voter ID would disproportionately affect the black community.  During the legal challenge to the law the ACLU explained that 62 percent of black Alabama residents relied on public transportation, compared to 34 percent of white residents.  To boot, ALEA raised the fee for driver’s license renewal from…

  Citing high healthcare costs, pay issues, and the increased use of temporary workers, employees at an Alabama auto parts plant owned by the Commercial Vehicle group voted 89-45 to join the United Auto Workers (UAW).   Most workers in the plant, which primarily makes seats for large commercial trucks, earn between $9.70 and $15.80 [&hellip…;

  Undeterred by past defeats, the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department (MTD) is seeking to unionize shipbuilders in Mobile, Alabama.  With a fresh crop of workers at the shipyard as a result of Australia-based Austal recruiting workers from around the country to help meet demand, the unions feel they will get a fair shot at explaining [&hellip…;

  Detractors of the Keystone XL pipeline cite safety concerns as a main argument against its construction. The earth and the communities which pipeline construction would affect, they say, should not be subject to the potential dangers of a new transport mecahnism, no matter how effective it may be. So in the absence of a [&hellip…;