Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Career and Workplace

Child-care costs are squeezing small businesses. There’s no easy solution.

Natosha and Lloyd Jones launched Midnight Comics in 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and while raising three young children. Natosha

Career and Workplace

AI is already fueling layoffs, but there’s a silver lining for some workers

Employee concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on their career prospects have ramped up as generative AI tools like ChatGPT have

Technology

Texas attracted California techies. Now it is losing thousands of them

Back in the halcyon days of 2020, a year we all remember fondly, a new flash point opened in the enduring war

Entrepreneurship

Miami jumps in rankings of world’s top startup ecosystems, report says

South Florida is among the Top 20 markets in the world for technology startups, according to a new report from Startup Genome

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Industry group sues to block Bham amphitheater construction

The ceremonial groundbreaking for Birmingham’s downtown amphitheater is on the calendar for Monday morning despite a recently filed lawsuit. The Black Contractors

Labor

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against unionizing in blow to big UAW push

Autoworkers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a

Labor

What does UAW’s failed Mercedes-Benz union vote mean for Alabama? What comes next?

With the possibility of a unionized workplace at Alabama’s first auto plant seemingly in the rearview mirror for now, the state’s economic

Labor

Nick Saban says pro-UAW ads use his words out of context, wants them pulled

Former Alabama Coach Nick Saban has released a statement on the eve of this week’s union election at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Tuscaloosa

Workforce Development

Working for Alabama package aims to supercharge Alabama’s economic growth

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey today signed the “Working for Alabama” legislative package into law, with the goal of transforming Alabama’s

Labor

‘Why is the South so afraid of unions?’ Alabama House debate stirs passion ahead of UAW push

Alabama lawmakers are poised to adopt a measure Democratic critics derided Tuesday as “anti-union” amid a rising current of unionization efforts at