LA Metro-Contracted Bus Co. Settles Wage Fraud Suit For $7M
A bus company has agreed to pay $7 million and promised to hire and promote marginalized employees after it was sued for failing to meet wage and benefit standards.
Labor leaders hail bus maker pact to hire more women, minority workers
One of the nation’s largest bus manufacturers has agreed to hire and promote more women and racial minorities, a dealthat worker advocates say is a model for ensuring that federal funds to replace diesel buses with battery-powered buses boosts workers
Major electric vehicle manufacturer signs first multi-state agreement with community and civil rights group for equitable hiring and good jobs
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5 Questions with Patricia Todd: Alabama’s Transparency Problem
Good Job First speaks with Jobs to Move America’s Southern Policy Director about her new report about the lack of transparency around Alabama’s corporate tax incentives.
How Corporate Subsidies Sink Small Businesses
Pat Garofalo’s Boondoggle newsletter covers Patricia Todd’s report on corporate tax giveaways in Alabama.
Virtual Event: Is a New Southern Worker Movement Possible?
Watch the recording of our event from November 4 where we examine what it will take to unite labor rights and civil rights in the deep South FeaturingRandall L. Woodfin, Mayor of BirminghamSanchioni Butler, Political Campaign Organizer, MS AFL-CIOMusical guest
AL Politics This Week: Dark Days (Guest: Former State Rep. Patricia Todd)
Former state Rep. Patricia Todd Zooms in to discuss Alabama tax dollars being given away secretly to major companies.
The V – September 5, 2021 – Guest: Former State Rep. Patricia Todd
Jobs to Move America Southern Policy Manager Patricia Todd appears on The V to discuss our report on Alabama’s corporate tax giveaways.
Alabama’s $4 Billion in Corporate Giveaways with Patricia Todd
Jobs to Move America’s Southern Policy Director spoke to The Valley Labor Report about her new report on Alabama’s corporate tax giveaways.
Alabama’s corporate subsidies cost $4 billion over three decades, report says
A report released Wednesday by Jobs to Move America calls Alabama’s system for corporate tax incentives “exactly the wrong way” to improve the state’s economy, citing $4 billion in giveaways between 1993 and 2020 with scant information about what taxpayers have received in return.