MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in August, but the state’s workforce participation rate dropped slightly, too. Meanwhile, Morgan, Marshall, Madison, Limestone, and DeKalb counties – all at […]

HUNTSVILLE — To unionize or not to unionize, that’s the question. And employees at Huntsville’s Navistar plant will vote Thursday to answer that question. Saying unions are “every bit as […]

FLORENCE – A courtesy clerk at Kroger as a teenager, Milton Jones is now the head of the nation’s largest private sector union. Jones, a Florence native, was elected president […]

MONTGOMERY – While Alabama’s unemployment rates is 3.3%, 12 North Alabama counties are lower than the state. Limestone, Madison and Morgan counties are tied for the second-lowest jobless rate in […]

DECATUR – For people in Lawrence and Morgan counties who are seeking a job or change in career, the Decatur Career Center has an opportunity this week. The center is […]

HUNTSVILLE — Calling the move a “flagrant violation of the law and our rights,” North Alabama’s labor unions have condemned President Trump’s executive order ending collective bargaining for federal employees. […]

MONTGOMERY – More than 2 million people are employed in Alabama, a record high for the state, Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today. Pacing that number is […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor will be no more, as of Saturday. The department will become the Department of Workforce and Secretary of Labor Marty Redden is retiring […]

HUNTSVILLE — The nationwide strikes against Amazon and Starbucks have reached into the Tennessee Valley on Christmas Eve. Teamsters have extended picket lines to Amazon’s facilities in Huntsville, turning around […]

MONTGOMERY – ‘Tis the season for job numbers and Alabama received a mixed package for Christmas. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.1%, up from October 2024’s rate of […]

MONTGOMERY – While the state’s labor force participation rate increased, Alabama’s unemployment numbers also showed a hike from a year ago. According to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden, Alabama’s […]

MONTGOMERY – There was mixed news for workers and the state last month. Wages are up, according to the Alabama Department of Labor. But so is the number of unemployed […]

HUNTSVILLE — For anyone looking for a new start in a career or if they are just looking for that second chance, their opportunity to take that next stop is […]

MONTGOMERY – After serving the longest tenure of a state Labor secretary, Fitzgerald Washington is retiring, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today. Since being named secretary in 2014, Washington helped see Alabama […]

MONTGOMERY – As the weather heats up, so does the job market – especially in North Alabama. According to the latest figures from the Alabama Department of Labor, five counties […]

MOULTON — In a unique pairing, the Decatur Career Center and the Lawrence County Community of Churches are hosting the Lawrence County Job Fair today. This will be the first […]

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s April labor force participation rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 57.5 %. Meanwhile, four […]

HUNTSVILLE – As the battle over unions – pro and con – rages in Alabama, labor representatives in the region dove into the fight that ironically is being staged during […]

MONTGOMERY – Labor leaders from Alabama and the nation responded to Gov. Kay Ivey’s announcement of her signing a bill into law during a speech Monday at the Huntsville/Madison County […]

MONTGOMERY – While the state’s labor force participation rate for February was unchanged from January, three North Alabama counties have the lowest jobless rates in Alabama. The participation rate remains […]

SHEFFIELD – The Huntsville and Sheffield career centers are hosting job fairs for Pilgrim’s – at the same time but different locations. Pilgrim’s will be hiring for production workers, poultry […]

MONTGOMERY – Some good news came out of the state capital late last week, and it didn’t involve weather or related events. Fitzgerald Washington, secretary of the Alabama Department of […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor is rolling out an improved customer service portal for unemployment claimants. Claimant Portal is a modification of the website to file and certify […]

MONTGOMERY — September 30, 1993, marked a watershed moment in Alabama history. That is the day Mercedes-Benz went against the grain and chose our state to be the home of […]