Birmingham & Other Cities' Minimum Wage Increases Blocked

     Alabama Legislators approved a bill preventing municipalities from establishing minimum wages higher than the state rate. 
     Birmingham was the only municipality to be effected, but others may have been planning increases.
     And Alabama was not alone. 24 other mostly red states did the same, led by business lobbyists, reports The Washington Post this morning.

"Despite the strong economy and historically low unemployment rates, real wages for the majority of workers have flatlined over the past decade. Since the “Fight for $15” minimum-wage movement began in 2012, more than 40 cities and counties have passed laws raising the local wage floor — leading to a corporate-fueled backlash in many legislatures..."