Southeast

Widespread strikes at AT&T are being predicted to expand to both coasts. The Communications Workers of America announced Sept. 13 that its ongoing strike at AT&T Southeast, already the largest in the United States, may spread even further. Workers in Alabama first walked off the job in an alleged unfair labor practice strike nearly four weeks ago.

Discount grocer Aldi says it's acquiring 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in the Southern U.S. Under a proposed merger agreement, Aldi will acquire all outstanding shares of Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A fast-developing "flash drought" that threatened crops and helped spark wildfires across the South is showing the first real…