AB&I Foundry still donates to local political campaigns despite plans to leave Oakland

CITY OF OAKLAND and Alameda County records show AB&I Foundry, a factory that has operated in East Oakland since 1906, gave more than $20,000 to the campaigns of local political candidates this year despite plans to close the plant and move the business to Texas.

AB&I’s Birmingham, Alabama-based parent company McWane Inc. announced in March that it would shutter the Oakland operation and move within a year.