Alabama miners at Warrior Met Coal Inc. striking Share Updated: 11:25 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 11:25 PM CDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript MISS AN UPDATE. SHERI: MORE THAN 1000 ALABAMA COAL MINERS ARE PLANNING A STRIKE FOR WHAT THEY CALL UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AT WARRIOR MET COAL INCORPORATED. WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS IS LIVE AT ONE OF THE MINES IN BROOKWOOD. BREA, WHAT DO WE KNOW? [CHANTING] BREA: SHERI, THE STRIKE IS UNDERWAY. THEY ARE CHANTING NO FAIR CONTRACT, NO COAL. ONE SAYS WE EAT RAMEN BECAUSE OF YOU. THEY ARE UPSET. THEY’VE GIVEN THE BEST PART OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO MAKING THIS COMPANY PROFITABLE, TO EARNING MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THESE FOLKS. BREA: PHIL SMITH WORKS WITH THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA. HE SAYS THE MINERS AT WARRIOR MET COAL INC. HAVE MADE SACRIFICES OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS TO GET THE COMPANY OUT OF BANKRUPTCY YET SAYS THEY STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED FAI
Black women at the forefront of fighting for civil rights Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript JEFF: WELCOME BACK ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL MONTH LONG, WE ARE HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN. BRITT DOUGLAS TELLS US THE ROLE THAT BLACK WOMEN PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THEIR FIGHT TODAY. REPORTER: AT JUST 21 YEARS OLD, SHE FOUND HER PURPOSE. ACTIVISM. AFTER THE DEATH OF YOUR FLOYD, SHE STARTED PROTESTING WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER AT KELLY INGRAM PARK. THEN IN HER HOMETOWN WHERE SHE WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO JAIL. THAT EXPERIENCE HAD HER SET UP HER OWN ORGANIZATION. IT WAS BRUTAL. IT WAS DEHUMANIZING. REPORTER: HER FIGHT CONTINUES. SHE WAS PART OF A DEMONSTRATION IN MONTGOMERY LED BY MOSTLY BLACK WOMEN FOR A BILL THAT IS DESIGNED TO CRIMINALIZE PROTESTERS. REPORTER: WOMEN FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINE DATES BACK TO ROSA PARKS. OFTEN, SHE SAYS THAT WOMEN DON’T GET TH
Local civil rights activists protesting House Bill 445 Share Updated: 10:48 PM CST Mar 8, 2021 Share Updated: 10:48 PM CST Mar 8, 2021
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Show Transcript SOME CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN ALABAMA FEEL INTIMIDATED BY A BILL PROPOSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACCORDING TO A COUPLE OF LOCAL ORGANIZERS THE MEASURE CRIMINALIZES THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS. SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. NEARLY A YEAR AGO. WE SAW PROTESTS IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HUNDREDS MARCHED AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE. HOPING TO SPARK. BLACK LIVES MATTER ORGANIZER KARA MCCLURE SAYS HOUSE BILL 4:45 SEEKS TO STOP THE VOICE OF ACTIVISTS. THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT POWER OVER OUR BODY AND CONTROL WHAT WE DO AND SAY THEY ARE IN FACT, SHE WAITED WITH INCARCERATING BLACK BODIES AND AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IF THE BILL PASSES IT WOULD QUOTE AMEND THE CRIMES OF RIOT AND INCITING TO RIOT AND WOULD ESTABLISH THE CRIMES OF AGGR
UAB Hospital chaplain on the frontlines of COVID-19 Share Updated: 10:37 PM CST Mar 7, 2021 Share Updated: 10:37 PM CST Mar 7, 2021
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Show Transcript AND DOCTORS AND NURSES AREN’T THE ONLY ONES ON THE FRONT LINES FIGHTING COVID-19 HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS ARE TOO WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS SHOWS US WHAT ONE UAB HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN FACES WHILE TREATING PATIENTS SPIRITUAL NEEDS. WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST BEGAN REVEREND MONICA THOMPSON COULDN’T FULLY PRACTICE HER CALLING COVID-19 SHUT THE DOORS TO IN-PERSON HOSPITAL VISITS AND I WAS LIKE WHAT I WAS JUST KIND OF SURPRISED JUST KIND OF AMAZED FOR MONTHS REVEREND THOMPSON COULD ONLY OFFER PATIENTS COMFORT THROUGH THE PHONE. SHE SINCE BEEN ALLOWED TO PRAY WITH THEM AT THEIR BEDSIDE, BUT AT FIRST WITH PAINFUL STEPULATIONS THIS PERSON INSTINCTIVELY REACHED OUT HER HANDS FOR FROM ME AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I COULD NOT HOLD HER HANDS. AND SO THAT’S THAT ACTUALLY THE EXTRA HURT ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE THAT�
Residents appreciating new upgrades in west Birmingham Share Updated: 10:39 PM CST Feb 28, 2021 Share Updated: 10:39 PM CST Feb 28, 2021
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Show Transcript STUDENTS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AT HOME. THE WEST SIDE OF BIRMINGHAM IS GETTING A NEW LOOK NEW SIDEWALK STREET LIGHTS AND LANDSCAPING ARE NOW IN PLACE WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS GOT REACTION FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE. PEOPLE ON CENTER STREET ASKED FOR GRAYMONT AVENUE TO 3RD AVENUE WEST TO BE MORE WALKABLE AND THE CITY CAME THROUGH ADDING SIDEWALKS NOW LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM RESIDENT ARGULIUS VECK HOPES THERE WILL BE LESS ACCIDENTS PEOPLE GETTING HIT. CARS NOT RESPECTING PEDESTRIANS YOU KNOW, SO THEY DID DECIDE WALK. THEY DID A GOOD THING. SO THE KIDS CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES. ON THE SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF IN THE STREETS RESIDENTS ALSO HOPE THAT THE NEW STREET LIGHTS THE CHAIR PEOPLE FROM COMMITTING CRIMES IN THE AREA WHEN YOU HAVE LIGHT PEOPLE TEND TO NOT DO FOOLISH THINGS. SO THAT’S A GOOD TH