Alabama
Workers win biggest union election in Alabama in ten years
June 13, 2012Workers at the Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant here voted last week by a better than two-to-one margin to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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Coalition steps up fight against Alabama anti-immigrant law
May 31, 2012They will, in effect, tell Alabama's governor and legislature, "If we can't appeal to your humanity, then we will appeal to your pocketbooks."
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Thousands kick off Selma to Montgomery march
March 5, 2012Organizers say that, more than a commemoration, the march this week is a demonstration against modern day attacks.
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Civil rights and labor leaders develop strategy to repeal anti-immigrant law
February 7, 2012Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB 56, has threatened people of color regardless of their legal status, and continues to damage the state's economy and reputation.
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Thousands rally against Alabama’s immigration law
November 23, 2011In a united effort to repeal Alabama's anti-immigrant law, Black, white and Latino members of Congress, faith, labor, community and civil rights leaders kicked off a state and national campaign Nov. 21 in Birmingham.
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