Some want Tallassee’s Neptune to improve working conditions

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Cliff Williams / TPI Organizers with Good Neighbors Alabama get ready for a press conference across from Tallassee City Hall. The press conference was to highlight what the group calls unfair practices at Neptune Technology.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Organizers with Good Neighbors Alabama get ready for a press conference across from Tallassee City Hall. The press conference was to highlight what the group calls unfair practices at Neptune Technology.
Cliff Williams 334-740-1116

Leaders of the Alabama NAACP, Jobs to Move America and some Neptune Technology employees are calling for the Tallassee industry to improve its business practices and waste disposal.

A group of several state organizations including JMA and the NAACP have formed the Good Neighbors Alabama coalition. Jobs to Move America has been conducting interviews of Neptune employees for the last two years. The organization has looked at OSHA reports to start its research. Following interviews with employees both current and former found a high rate of workplace injuries and significant differences in wages between different genders and races for the same work.

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