While Alabama currently has a record-low unemployment rate of 2.2%, its labor participation rate of 57.4% is the third-lowest in the country.
A number of lawmakers, agency officials and industry leaders met last week, all hoping to find the answer to one question: How to get more Alabamians into the workforce.
“We do have a crisis in our state, and it’s getting worse and worse,” said Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Matthews, the chair of the commission. “We want to be No. 1 in the country instead of 40th or less.” Ed Castile, the executive director of Alabama Industrial Development Training, put into perspective the differences of the modern labor market when compared to 30 years ago.
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