Study: Prison labor in Hyundai’s supply chain is driving down wages
A study of about 600 autoworkers in Alabama has found that the use of prison labor in Hyundai’s supply chain is driving down the wages of other workers. The study was conducted by Columbia University’s Labor Lab and Jobs to Move America. – AL.com
UNA entertainment program named among country’s best
Billboard magazine has named the University of North Alabama’s Department of Entertainment Industry program among 2025’s top music business schools. Janna Malone chairs the department. – News 19
Business journalist Jerry Underwood dies at 65
Jerry Underwood, who after a long career as a reporter and business editor at The Birmingham News helped create and ran the Alabama Department of Commerce’s Made in Alabama website, has died at age 65. Underwood is survived by his wife, Lisa; son, John; and daughter, Mary Margaret. – Made in Alabama
