15,000 workers in Alabama are paid minimum wage or below: report
The number of Alabama workers earning the minimum wage or less increased by 50 percent between 2022 and 2023.
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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.
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.
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.
Carl votes against Democrats’ $1.9 trillion budget framework
Biden has said that disappointing January job numbers justify the massive coronavirus aid package.
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
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
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
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
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