The Amazon billionaire is trying to crush a unionization effort at a warehouse in Bessemer. But David and Goliath fights are in the town’s DNA. Some 5,800 people who work at the Amazon warehouse in ...

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BESSEMER, Ala. --The school year was over, but classes were in session on a recent June morning at Jonesboro Elementary School in Bessemer. In one room, a small class of third graders practiced ...

BESSEMER, Alabama -- Nearly 50 years ago, on July 7, 1964 – just a few days after the passage of the landmark federal Civil Rights Act – nine African-American teenage boys in Bessemer tried to make ...

BESSEMER, Alabama – The demolition of Bessemer's historic Arlington School has begun, but the man who purchased the building and is carrying out the demolition said today that he has no firm plans as ...

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An RWDSU union representative holds a sign outside the Amazon fulfillment warehouse at the center of the unionization drive on March 29, 2021, in Bessemer, Ala. (Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images) By ...

A massive rescue operation was underway in Bessemer, Alabama, early Tuesday after a tornado tore across the city, causing “major structural damage” and gas leaks, officials said. The Jefferson County ...

A decomposing body found wrapped and concealed under a mattress in Bessemer, Alabama on Wednesday has been identified as missing 30-year-old mother Tiffany Smitherman Osborne, authorities said. On ...

The results will determine if the first-ever Amazon union in the U.S. is formed. Vote counting began on Tuesday to determine if workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will form the first-ever labor union at an ...

Update: A majority of workers have voted not to form a union at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama. The result of the NLRB’s initial vote count was 1,798 votes against the union and ...

An Amazon worker died Thursday after collapsing at the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, Bloomberg reported. The worker was found in a warehouse bathroom and taken to a hospital, according to ...