It was dubbed a watershed moment for the withering organized labor movement when the first-ever union election at an Amazon warehouse took place last spring in Alabama. Workers seeking collective bargaining rights at a fulfillment outpost of the e-commerce giant in Bessemer — a rural, predominantly Black suburb of Birmingham […]
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Traffic fatalities in Alabama during Thanksgiving holiday down this year
(WKRG) — Despite predictions of increased travel during the 2021 Thanksgiving holiday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is reporting fewer traffic-related deaths this year than in the past two years. Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division investigated seven traffic-related fatalities this year, compared to eight in 2020 and 11 […]