Workforce Development

Workforce Development

Randolph Community College targets Liberty, N.C.-area site to serve both Toyota and Wolfspeed

Randolph Community College has a site in mind near Liberty to help train workers not only for the nearby Toyota auto-battery plant

Alabama

Birmingham metro ranks 5th nationally in job growth

With the addition of over 16,000 jobs, the Birmingham-Hoover metro had the 5th highest employment growth in the nation (by percentage) between

Economic Development

Seguin, Texas launches first economic plan to address the growth headed its way

Encroachment from San Antonio and Austin has put new pressure on Seguin to ensure it benefits from and is not engulfed by

Workforce Development

Alabama’s labor participation rate up in December

Alabama’s labor force participation rate ticked up to 57.2% in December, an increase of .1 percentage point from November. And more “prime-age”

Workforce Development

Greater Memphis Chamber selected for workforce program to help justice-impacted workers

The Greater Memphis Chamber was recently selected to participate in a workforce development program with the goal of increasing credentialing for justice-impacted

Workforce Development

Gov. Ivey: Unions want to target one of Alabama’s crown jewel industries, but I’m standing up for Alabamians and protecting our jobs

Sept. 30, 1993 marked a watershed moment in Alabama history. That is the day Mercedes-Benz went against the grain and chose our

Workforce Development

Gov. Beshear: Over $1.5 Million Approved Statewide To Support Training for More Than 6,500 Kentucky Workers

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2024) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear highlighted Kentucky’s continued investment in workforce training initiatives as he announced over $1.5

Commercial Real Estate

A soft landing is in sight for NC Triad region economy, but keep a parachute handy 

The economy is not a sport, and the Triad is not a ballpark, but a sports analogy as North Carolinian as sweet

Tennessee

UAW union signs majority of Volkswagen AG’s Chattanooga factory workers

The United Auto Workers union says it has signed up the majority of employees at Volkswagen AG’s Tennessee plant, teeing up a

Workforce Development

Alabama governor pledges to focus on labor participation in address to economic developers

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey told economic developers this week that Alabama’s low labor participation rate is getting her attention and hinted it will be

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