BCA’s Helena Duncan: The United Auto Workers must not do to Alabama what it did to Detroit
In the early 1990s and before, Alabama's top industry was textiles. This is evidenced by the low-wage hosiery factories that dotted the state, along with large facilities manufacturing blue jeans, sportswear, and other apparel products. But in 1993, Mercedes shocked the world by announcing plans to build a $350 million factory in Vance, Alabama, to […]
