Alabama Record Unemployment Rate

Alabama has jobs and continues to break unemployment records because leadership in the public and private sector continues to collaborate and create an environment conducive for economic growth. The workforce development initiatives created through partnerships between businesses, the Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL), and AIDT help ensure Alabamians are trained well and can fill the jobs available in a variety of areas."

I am especially impressed with Wilcox County, which historically has had numbers in the double digits - some of the highest in our state. Now, this rural Blackbelt county's rate is around 6.2%! ADOL Secretary Fitzgerald Washington and his team deserve much credit for this because of their willingness to meet the community where it was at and work with companies to design education and training programs aimed to increase skills needed to attain employment. When Alabamians are working, we all benefit.

More here in the Alabama Political Reporter:
https://www.alreporter.com/2019/10/23/state-unemployment-drops-again-in-september/