Rising healthcare costs. Complicated tax laws. A shortage of skilled workers. Unfair labor laws. Workers' compensation fraud. Predatory trial lawyers. Burdensome regulations...

These are just a few of the issues that cut across the landscape of Alabama business and into the heart of every company's ability to compete and grow in this state. That's why 5,000 Alabama businesses and industries of all shapes and sizes have come to depend on the Business Council of Alabama as the state's most powerful and effective advocate for business and industry at the Alabama Legislature  and in the U.S. Congress . Through the BCA’s political action committee, ProgressPAC , the  governmental affairs staff  also works hard to help elect candidates who understand the issues of concern to Alabama business and industry. However, it is the member companies that  develop and drive BCA’s actions in the legislative arena and at the ballot box, promoting those agendas through the organization's far-reaching  grassroots network and  committee  structure.