Alabama

Free Alabama Movement fights to abolish prison slavery

June 17, 2024 By Erica Meade

Abolition activists rally at the prison gates to end corporate profiteering from inmate labor.

Fain: Despite Mercedes loss, UAW to keep campaigning in the South

May 20, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

Blatant and major violations of U.S. labor law marked company and state government schemes to defeat the union.

Workers fight for their union at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama

May 13, 2024 By Cameron Harrison

In their battle to break through in the anti-union South, workers are determined to create jobs that generations will be proud to hold.

‘They shall not die’: Remembering the struggle to save the Scottsboro Nine

March 25, 2024 By Arthur Zipser

The Daily Worker was the only national media outlet devoted to covering the Scottsboro case and the global movement to save the Nine.

Is slavery back in Alabama?

December 20, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

For private businesses, prison labor is like a pot of gold. No strikes. No union organizing. No health benefits, unemployment insurance, or workers’ compensation to pay.