Support Crimson Ride by signing this on-line petition.

The University of Alabama has contracted out its campus bus service to a foreign multinational corporation. In November 2009 “FirstGroup PLC” reported earning more than $200 million over the previous six months – we were shocked to find out that FirstGroup PLC is only paying our Crimson Ride drivers $9.50 per hour. That’s barely $19,000 per year for a full-time worker, well below the poverty line for a family of four! Many Crimson Ride drivers report having to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet.   Read More >>

Help build  Workers Memorial Commons, a tribute to all workers. This central monument features a bronze sculpture supporting a section of I-beam recovered from the World Trade Center attack of 911. The Memorial was designed by University of Alabama students with an emphasis on our responsibility to ensure security and safety in the workplace.

For  information about the World Trade Center, the Tower One I-beam, the design and status of this memorial or how to help ....read more...

---

When the heads of the nation’s insurance companies come to Washington, D.C., next week to plot strategies for killing real health care reform, they’ll be greeted by thousands of union members, community, health care and religious activists with one message: Stop. We’re sick of the obscene high rates and insurance company abuses. We want health care reform now. Read More>>

The jobless rate remained at 9.7 percent, with 36,000 jobs lost in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports today. The biggest hit came in construction, where employment fell by 64,000. Manufacturing remained steady but 18,000 jobs were lost in the information industry. Temporary help services added 48,000 jobs. Read More>>

Universities of Texas and Alabama have both contracted with British multinational corporation FirstGroup PLC to provide campus shuttle service. But while the Austin drivers start at $11.25 per hour and can reach $17 or more if they stay with the job long enough, in Tuscaloosa the company says the men and women behind the wheel on the Crimson Ride buses should be happy with $10/hour — that’s less than $20,000 per year, below the poverty line if you are supporting a family!

Support Crimson Ride Drivers' campaign to get a Living Wage

The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.