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Two former Chick-fil-A employees in Alabama have been indicted for allegedly diverting thousands of dollars in customer payments to their own bank accounts, Newsweek reports. The United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Alabama released a statement on the alleged scheme on Wednesday and outlined the 16-count indictment against them. Larry James Black Jr., 37, and Joshua Daniel Powell, 40, worked […]
It appears that Amazon employees in Alabama have voted not to unionize, marking the tech giant’s biggest win in its fight against attempts at labor organizing. Wall Street Journal reports that an initial count of 72 percent of the ballots showed that around 71 percent of workers in Bessemer, Alabama decided not to join the […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to visit the Bessemer area of Alabama—where workers at an Amazon fulfillment center will soon vote on whether to form a union—later this week. Given Sanders’ political history, specifically his passionate public support for a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage, many are excited by the former presidential candidate’s decision to pay […]
Starting this week, Amazon workers in Alabama will be able to cast their vote deciding whether or not they want to become the company’s first unionized warehouse in the U.S. More than 5,800 people work at the Bessemer warehouse near Birmingham, which is now on a potential path to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department […]
NFL stars took to social media on Monday to urge Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Jaylen Waddle to be taken out of the College Football Playoff championship after he entered the game despite seemingly still recovering from fracturing his ankle. Waddle, who sustained the injury back in October 2020 in a game against Tennessee and hasn’t played since, was seen […]
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that people won’t be made to suffer mild inconveniences if a problem doesn’t personally affect them. Professional and college sports carried on farcical seasons of sports while athletes collapsed from a raging virus. So it makes sense that the season would close with the daughter of the […]
A 2020 Beats by Dre commercial featuring Flo Milli is receiving renewed attention this week. The ad was first unveiled as part of a headphones campaign launched by the Apple-owned Beats back in November. The campaign, also featuring ads centered on Cordae and Naomi Osaka, was put together in promotion of the new Beats Flex headphones, […]
As the NCAA basketball season is in full swing amidst a global pandemic, Alabama coach Nate Oats had some choice words regarding comments Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski made about continuing the season. “Let me ask you a question. Do you think Coach K would be saying that if he hadn’t lost those two non-conference games at home?” Oats […]
If 2020 has reaffirmed anything, it’s that national police departments are far overdue for reform. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is coming under fire after they posted their office Christmas tree. Instead of the normal ornament, tinsel and festive light trimmings used to decorate the tree, the sheriff’s office found a twisted sense of holiday cheer in using mugshots of current […]
Francesca McCall is a woman of her word. When she was younger, the Birmingham mother and her younger sister, Chantale, promised they would take care of the other’s children if either of them were to die young. McCall found herself facing this tragic situation earlier this year, when Chantale and her brother-in-law Rance Martin died of COVID-19 just one […]
