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SPLC reaches collective bargaining agreement for employees

Beginning November 1, 2022, the minimum wage for new SPLC employees will be more than $20 per hour.

July 26, 2022

House passes bill requiring unemployed to seek 3 jobs per week

Under current Alabama Department of Labor regulations, only one contact is required each week.

April 7, 2022

Report: Alabama among states with most workers earning less than $15 an hour

Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would benefit 896,551 workers in Alabama, according to the report.

March 23, 2022

Carl votes against Democrats’ $1.9 trillion budget framework

Biden has said that disappointing January job numbers justify the massive coronavirus aid package.

February 8, 2021

Palmer and Rogers say that raising minimum wage would hurt the economy

Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed controversial piece of legislation that, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by the President, would raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Congressmen Gary Palmer, R-Hoover and Mike Rogers, R-Saks both voted against the bill and warned that implementing such a proposal could potentially … Continued

July 19, 2019

New U.S. Hunger Atlas: More than 1 in 5 Alabama children live in food-insecure homes

According to a new report by the public advocacy group Hunger Free America, 22 percent of Alabama children lived in homes that could not always afford to purchase enough food between 2015 and 2017. The Hunger Free America is based on their analysis of federal data. According to their report, 237,572 children in the state … Continued

December 6, 2018

Sewell supports regional minimum wages

Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) wants to raise the minimum wage; but thinks that different regions of the country should have different minimum wages. Rep. Sewell and Jim Kessler wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Kessler is a former congressional aide who is now the Vice President of Policy at Third Way. … Continued

August 9, 2018

Court allows Birmingham minimum wage lawsuit to move forward

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals made a decision yesterday to allow plaintiffs to proceed in their endeavor to bring a lawsuit that challenges Alabama’s actions to nullify a City of Birmingham minimum wage ordinance that claims intentional racial discrimination. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Partnership for Working Families weighed in on the … Continued

July 26, 2018

New Socialist Party is chartered in Auburn

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Socialist Party of Eastern Alabama, a chapter of Socialist Party USA, announced that they were officially charted in Auburn on Friday. The groups said that this is, “A collective effort to fight for equality against the rising tide of white supremacy we were seeing on campus at Auburn … Continued

October 2, 2017