Tag: labor law

Exterior of a university student center building where a congressional hearing was held

Congressional Field Hearing in Mobile to Examine NLRB Franchise Ruling

James Bullard, August 24, 2015

Two U.S. House members brought a rare field hearing to the University of South Alabama to weigh the fallout of a labor board ruling on franchises.

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An industrial steel plant with equipment and stacks

A Steel Plant, a Shipyard and a Tanker: Would Unions Come Back to South Alabama?

James Bullard, January 9, 2009

With ThyssenKrupp rising near Calvert, Austal expanding downtown and aircraft work possible at Brookley, a veteran labor lawyer was asked whether organized labor would ride the boom back into Mobile. His answer: don’t count on it.