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Currently the group is comprised of 13 dealerships in 5 locations and employs over 385 people. The group's headquarters are at 1301 [[5th Avenue North]]. | Currently the group is comprised of 13 dealerships in 5 locations and employs over 385 people. The group's headquarters are at 1301 [[5th Avenue North]]. | ||
In [[2020]] a group of current and former employees filed a racial discrimination complaint against the dealership with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/JimBurke%20%2809-52%29.jpg Jim Burke sells Nash dealership, to open agency on Northside]" (September 1952) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | * "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/JimBurke%20%2809-52%29.jpg Jim Burke sells Nash dealership, to open agency on Northside]" (September 1952) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | ||
* "Jim Burke Automotive Group." (January 2007) Birmingham Then & Now Special Promotion. ''Birmingham'' magazine. Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 141 | * "Jim Burke Automotive Group." (January 2007) Birmingham Then & Now Special Promotion. ''Birmingham'' magazine. Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 141 | ||
* Thornton, William (October 20, 2020) "Jim Burke Automotive Group employees say executive discriminated, used racial slurs." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 08:52, 21 October 2020
The Jim Burke Automotive Group was founded by Jim Burke in 1945 as a Nash dealership located at 300 22nd Street South. He had previously owned a Ford dealership in Rochester, New York.
Burke sold his 25,000-square foot Nash showroom to William Bailey when he landed a Buick franchise in 1952. He built a new showroom north of downtown, beginning a series of expansions that was continued by his son, Jim Burke Jr, who took over the company in 1976.
Currently the group is comprised of 13 dealerships in 5 locations and employs over 385 people. The group's headquarters are at 1301 5th Avenue North.
In 2020 a group of current and former employees filed a racial discrimination complaint against the dealership with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Locations
- Jim Burke Jaguar/Subaru/Isuzu/Saab, 2415 7th Avenue South, Birmingham
- Jim Burke Hyundai, 2505 Ensley Avenue, Ensley
- Jim Burke Pontiac/Buick/GMC, 1301 5th Avenue North, Birmingham
- Jim Burke Nissan, 1300 3rd Avenue North, Birmingham
- Jim Burke Chevrolet/Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge, 1409 5th Avenue North, Birmingham
Former locations
- Jim Burke Jaguar/Saab, 2415 7th Avenue South, Birmingham
- Jim Burke Nash, 300 22nd Street South, Birmingham (1945-1952)
References
- "Jim Burke sells Nash dealership, to open agency on Northside" (September 1952) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
- "Jim Burke Automotive Group." (January 2007) Birmingham Then & Now Special Promotion. Birmingham magazine. Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 141
- Thornton, William (October 20, 2020) "Jim Burke Automotive Group employees say executive discriminated, used racial slurs." The Birmingham News
External links
- Jim Burke Automotive Group website