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IATSE members are being told to pack up their belongings on set and strike captains are receiving assignments

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reported on Thursday that...

The Tuscaloosa County Democratic Party is standing in solidarity with the United Mine Workers of America during their ongoing strike against Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood. In a Tuesday press release, the Tuscaloosa Dems announced a partnership with the UMWA to collect funds and supplies for striking miners and their families. Checks, hygiene products and other household items can be delivered to the Tuscaloosa County Democratic Party headquarters at 3311 Loop Road in Tuscaloosa throughout this week. The office will also open for donations Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Frida...

Right? i think politically it will have a bigger impact than economically. i know the workers have a strike fund and will be paid some point i think $250 a week but it's hard. it is really hard if you're on striker's pay and so rare. >> that is not close to their -- >> no, not at all. >> the presidential candidate last night making a point about the company, the people, the union saying, look, we should share your profits with us, $2 billion last quarter. pointing out that the ceo of gm made $22 million last year, 281 times the median gm worker so going after mary barra and someone who has ste...

About what it was like to work in a gm plant and also why she is out here striking today. >> blood, sweat and tears. you bleed. you cry. you get upset and frustrated. you get wrote up, you get put out. we work hard for these cars. we do this so that you guys can have a quality product. if the company is profitable, we want to share in those profits. >> reporter: and now the two sides are meeting again at 10:00 a.m., you hear the support coming from the fire department here, the two sides will meet at 10:00 a.m. today. we know they are pretty far apart. the vice president of the union telling u...