How Corporate Subsidies Sink Small Businesses
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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.
20 graduate from BYD and SMART’s manufacturing apprenticeship program
BYD and SMART Local 105 announced the graduation of the first two classes from its Industrial Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship program, a first of its kind training program in California to prepare workers for the electric vehicle revolution.
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.
Workers of Color at Major Electric Bus Company Allege Widespread Racism on the Job
Current and former employees at New Flyer say that they have faced a pattern of racial discrimination at the company’s manufacturing plants in California and Alabama.
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.
Group: state taxpayers left in dark on industrial incentives
Alabama hands out millions of dollars in industrial incentives for the purpose of luring jobs to the state, but taxpayers are too often left in the dark about the deals and what the state ultimately gets in return, a new report from an advocacy group said.
Report: Alabama’s incentives to businesses lack transparency, accountability
The report published Tuesday highlights Alabama’s secretive incentives for businesses, and urges lawmakers to improve transparency and hold businesses accountable for promises made about job creation and wages.
Toward a New Procurement Law: Reclaiming Competition for the Common Good
Jobs to Move America and the UCLA Law School David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy are excited to invite you to our upcoming panel: Toward a New Procurement Law: Reclaiming Competition for the Common Good When: August 9, 2021 at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET SpeakersScott Cummings, Robert Henigson Professor of Legal …