NLRB to hear GD Copper's objections after swift unionization at Wilcox County manufacturer

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GD Copper holds its grand opening in Sunny South, Alabama. The new copper facility will employ 300 in Wilcox County. (Joe Songer/[e-mail]).

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/12/nlrb_to_hear_gd_coppers_object.html

By Michael Finch II

PINE HILL, Alabama -- It's undisputed that Wilcox County, Alabama, had to be the most unlikely place for a foreign company to invest millions of dollars, building a copper tube manufacturing plant.

But China's Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tubing Group, which had sold products in the U.S. before, chose the Alabama community east of Pine Hill to construct its first factory on the continent, an investment of a reported $100 million.

The factory opened in May, with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley presiding over a ceremony welcoming the firm to one of the most economically challenged corners of the state: "But it's not always going to be the poorest area," he said, "it's going to change."

The firm has figured prominently in Bentley's campaign to win jobs for the state. It was another example that companies could be lured to the South where "right-to-work" laws are the norm, coupled with a reasonably lower cost of doing business.

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