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Alabama Blocks Birmingham from Raising Minimum Wage to $10.10

HeadlineMar 01, 2016

Alabama has banned cities and towns from raising their minimum wage. The legislation, signed by Governor Robert Bentley late last week, blocks an ordinance passed by the city of Birmingham to raise the city’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Alabama abides by the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—just over $15,000 a year for a full-time worker.

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