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AFL-CIO poll shows majority of respondents support Bessemer union efforts

Out of the 600 surveyed nationwide between March 28 and 30, 77 percent of respondents supported the unionization efforts.
April 6, 2021

Rogers supports three House Republican homeland security bills

Wednesday, Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Saks, announced that he was supporting three House Republican Homeland Security bills. Rogers also expressed concerns about a bill proposing changes to the TSA. “Many of the bills we will consider today present effective solutions to important homeland security issues,” Rogers said in his opening statement during the markup. “I hope … Continued
February 3, 2020

Alabama’s 1901 Constitution was written to benefit the few

Alabama’s 1901 Constitution was written to favor a small ruling class. It was not written to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, as was the U.S. Constitution. Alabama’s 1901 Constitution is … Continued
October 22, 2019

Thursday is the 156th anniversary of the end of the siege at Vicksburg

On July 4, 1863 Confederate Lieutenant General John Pemberton surrendered the Mississippi town of Vicksburg and the Confederate fortifications there to Major General Ulysses S. Grant. The fall of Vicksburg combined with the fall of Port Hudson five days later gave the Union Army complete control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in … Continued
July 4, 2019

154th Anniversary of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter One hundred and fifty-four years ago, one southern army was throwing its best troops at Union lines that would not buckle under the weight of the massed Confederate might. Meanwhile, another large Confederate Army was trapped in Vicksburg and was slowly starving. By the Fourth of July, Lee’s Army … Continued
June 30, 2017

1978: Gov. Wallace appoints Mrs. Allen to US Senate

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The last time a Governor of Alabama made an appointment to the US Senate was after the death of James Allen in 1978. Allen suffered a fatal heart attack on June 1, 1978, while vacationing with his wife, Maryon. A few days later Gov. George Wallace phoned Allen’s young … Continued
December 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton to Speak in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, December 1, former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, will make her second campaign stop in Alabama, this time to headline the National Bar Association’s 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott’s Commemoration Tour. Mrs. Clinton will speak at a public event titled, “The … Continued
November 26, 2015

Alabama AFL-CIO Responds to Bentley’s Anti-Union Comments

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Alabama AFL-CIO President Al Henley responded to Governor Bentley’s statements against attempts to organize at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, calling the Governor’s comments “sad, but certainly not surprising.” At the summer conference for the Economic Development Association of Alabama, Governor Bentley made it clear that allowing workers to … Continued
July 31, 2013

Bentley Response to AEA Rally

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) issued a written statement in response to the Capitol rally organized by the state of Alabama’s largest education union, Alabama Education Association (AEA). Gov. Bentley said, “The AEA has criticized the budget I recommended without providing a better alternative.  My budget proposals protect funding … Continued
April 16, 2012