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Out of the 600 surveyed nationwide between March 28 and 30, 77 percent of respondents supported the unionization efforts.

It could take days or even weeks to learn the outcome. Amazon plants across the country are watching.

Ballots are to be mailed to workers in the Bessemer plant on Monday. Votes are to be tallied by March 30.

Ballots could begin being mailed out to workers on Feb. 8, with the vote count to happen by March 30.

Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division shows that the five occupations with the most online wanted ads continue to be for registered nurses, retail salespersons, truck drivers, sales representatives and customer service representatives — with more than 8,000 ads placed for those occupations in August. The HWOL … Continued

Thursday, rancher group R-CALF-USA announced that they were in support of President Donald J. Trump’s (R) executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to declare meatpacking operations critical infrastructure that must remain open. R-CALF USA said in a statement that, “Trump’s action was necessary to prevent further collapse of the United States’ meat supply chain.” … Continued

Tuesday, data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for retail salespersons, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, and registered nurses. 6,583 ads were placed for those occupations in February. Alabama online ads increased by 16 percent from January with 15,314 … Continued

The Alabama New South Alliance — a branch of one of the state’s largest and most active Democratic organizations, the Alabama New South Coalition — has endorsed Democratic candidate Mallory Hagan, a former Miss America, in the congressional race to unseat U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama. Hagan is running against Adia McClellan Winfrey for the … Continued