Workers at Alabama Hyundai plant announce union as UAW drives deeper into Southeast
Thirty percent of the workers at Hyundai’s only plant in the United States (in Alabama) are members of the United Auto Workers union. The announcement marks the third such public union drive at the automaker in the Southeast. And it marks another step in the UAW’s push into a region where big business and state […]
Diamond ring that was accidentally thrown away is found by recycling plant employees: ‘Struck gold’
A South Carolina woman is happy after a recycling plant recovered the diamond ring she accidentally threw away over the weekend. Melanie Harp of Greenville, South Carolina, was dumping recyclables into a trash can at the city’s Rutherford Road Recycling Center on Sunday, January 28, when disaster struck. Harper’s diamond wedding ring came off and […]
2 men indicted for NYC stockpile of ghost guns, homemade explosives near power plant
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General Motors plant delays shift start time so employees can watch Lions in NFC Championship
The Detroit Lions will be playing in their first NFC title game since 1992 and have a chance to play in their first Super Bowl. As the team heads to San Francisco for a big game Sunday against the top-seeded 49ers, a Detroit-based company is hosting employees, many of whom are die-hard Lions fans. There […]
76ers’ Patrick Beverley accused of press conference ‘plant’
NBA tea is piping hot. Philadelphia 76ers guard Patrick Beverley is accused of asking a reporter a rigged question in a press conference after the Magic's 124-109 win on Jan. 19, which he later posted on a podcast. . It all started when Beverley got an X account after a match. Posted, “Belt 2A$$ Tour. […]
Missouri Aluminum Plant, Saved by Trump’s Tariffs, to Shut Down Again
The southeast Missouri aluminum plant, which was saved in 2018 by former President Donald Trump's aluminum import tariffs after closing in 2016 under President Obama, will close under President Joe Biden. It is scheduled. This week, executives at Magnitude 7 Metals (Mag7) in New Madrid County, Missouri, announced Aluminum plants are expected to close again […]
Hawley calls on Biden to keep Missouri aluminum plant open
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) called on President Biden to keep operations at an aluminum plant in Missouri open after it was reported that operations would be curtailed by January 28. Hawley issued a statement Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter. report Magnitude 7 Metals, the second largest aluminum smelter in the United States, plans […]
Poultry plant slapped with $213K fine after 16-year-old died in deboning machine, the second fatality at plant in 2 years
Last summer, OSHA fined a U.S. poultry company more than $200,000 after a teenager too young to work at a Mississippi factory died while cleaning dangerous equipment. In July, 16-year-old Duvan Thomas Perez was cleaning out a deboning machine at the Marjak poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, about 120 miles north of the Gulf Coast. […]
Poultry plant slapped by feds after underage worker dies in deboning machine mishap
A Mississippi poultry factory where an underage worker was dragged into machinery and beaten to death over the summer was solely responsible for the horrific incident, federal regulators have ruled after an investigation. A “disregard for safety standards” at Hattiesburg's Mah Jack poultry plant directly led to the death of Duvan Thomas Perez in July, […]
Mississippi Gov. Reeves pushes for $350M in EV battery plant incentives
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is asking lawmakers for $350 million in incentives for a planned plant in Marshall County that would make electric vehicle batteries and employ about 2,000 people. The Republican governor on Tuesday declined to name the company that plans to spend $1.9 billion to build the north Mississippi facility. This is the […]