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Unions threaten Alabama’s low wages, not Alabama’s workers

Unions are a threat to Alabama's "economic model," and that's a wonderful thing for millions of underpaid workers.

January 16, 2024

Alabama hits new record low unemployment rate of 2.6 percent

The number of unemployed people in the state has been on a steady decline in 2022, reaching record lows.

July 26, 2022

U.S. economy adds 225,000 jobs in January

Many economists had been expecting an economic slowdown in 2020 after an extremely prosperous 2019. January, however, vastly exceeded expectations. The U.S. added 225,000 jobs in January. Trade tensions were greatly eased after President Donald J. Trump (R) formally signed the United States Mexico Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law and reached a Phase One trade … Continued

February 10, 2020

2019 was record year in Alabama for low unemployment, total employment and wages

2019 will be remembered for both our bicentennial as a state and for the record low unemployment. Not only are more people working in Alabama than ever before but average wages are also at a record high. “I’m so proud to be able to close out this decade with record-breaking economic measures,” Alabama Governor Kay … Continued

January 27, 2020

State unemployment rate drops to new low

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced last week that Alabama reached a new record low unemployment rate in October. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is just 2.8 percent, down from September’s rate of 3.0 percent, and well below October 2018’s rate of 3.8 percent. “More than 80,000 Alabamians are working today … Continued

November 22, 2019

Every citizen in Alabama deserves high-speed broadband

Alabama’s economy is booming with record low unemployment, wages on the rise and new industries continuing to choose our state to expand their businesses. However, we are lagging in providing critical broadband infrastructure to all our citizens. For too long, the expansion of fast, reliable internet service has been concentrated in larger cities while rural … Continued

May 6, 2019

Alabama delegation asks federal government for relief from Medicare Wage Index

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, announced that members of the Alabama congressional delegation have sent a letter to Administrator Seema Verma of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to encourage the agency to use the proposed rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) in fiscal year 2020 to provide relief from the … Continued

March 29, 2019

Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to fall, reaches another record low

Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to drop. Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said Friday that Alabama has reached a new record low unemployment rate in February 2019. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate was 3.7 percent. That is down from January’s rate of 3.8 percent, and it is below February 2018’s rate of … Continued

March 26, 2019

Personal income increased .5 percent in October

Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that personal income increased 0.5 percent in October after increasing 0.2 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.3 percent in October, the same increase as in September. Personal income increased $84.9 billion (0.5 percent) in October according to estimates … Continued

November 30, 2018