Friday, June 12, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Child labor violations

Courts

Department of Labor’s child labor cases remain tied up in court

The Department of Labor’s two cases accusing Alabama employers of “oppressive child labor” have both faced repeated motions to dismiss.

December 2, 2024

Department of Labor files complaint against Hyundai for child labor in Luverne factory

The Department of Labor is seeking all profits Hyundai and other companies made by hiring children in an Alabama factory.

May 31, 2024

poultry processing meat food industry

Department of Labor claims Mar-Jac Poultry of Alabama used oppressive child labor

The Department of Labor says children worked “on the kill floor deboning poultry and cutting carcasses” in the Jasper factory.

May 22, 2024

Josh Moon’s top five stories of 2022

There is rarely a shortage of compelling, interesting or downright weird stories to find around Alabama.

December 30, 2022

Hyundai COO orders investigation into child labor usage

The Department of Labor levied labor violations against SL Alabama LLC, one of the two suppliers who allegedly used underage workers.

October 20, 2022

Labor Dept. charges Hyundai supplier with child labor violation

SL Alabama is the second Hyundai supplier over the last year to have been accused of violating the state's child labor laws.

October 11, 2022