Commissioner Stephen Nodine joined an economic development mission to Britain, Spain and France, touring EADS Airbus and CASA plants like those proposed for Mobile if the KC-30 tanker project lands here.
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A Falling Stock Price, a Phone Call to a Senator, and Champagne at Brookley
Mobile learned it had won the Air Force tanker contract in a scramble of stock tickers, cell phone calls and hastily bought sandwiches, and the political consequences began almost immediately.
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Before the Tanker Verdict, Mobile Chased Rumors Across the World
With a $40 billion Air Force tanker decision imminent and an assembly line at stake for Brookley Field, an unsourced report in a foreign wire service set Mobile talking — and talk of a split contract gained ground.
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Shelby Vowed to Block Union Card-Check Bill, Citing Alabama’s Factories
Pointing to Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai and the new EADS facility in Mobile, Alabama’s senior senator said he had cosigned a letter with enough signatures to stop the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate.
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Mobile Council and County Commission Moved on ThyssenKrupp Steel Incentives
The Mobile City Council met in special session on a memorandum of understanding for the city’s share of incentives for the $3.7 billion steel plant near Calvert, as the county released details of its own role.
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Brookley Field Lands the EADS Tanker Plant and Its Promise of 1,000 Jobs
Local lawmakers said Mobile’s Brookley Field was about to be named the winner of EADS North America’s nationwide search for a tanker program site, an aerospace prize starting with 200 engineers and holding the promise of 1,000 jobs.
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Mobile’s Paychecks Fall Behind the State’s: A Decade of Slipping Wages
Federal data show Mobile’s average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real consequences.