Alabama Fast Food Workers Rally To Defend City's Wage Hike

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/23/467839894/alabama-fast-food-workers-rally-to-defend-citys-wage-hike?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

A coalition of clergy, fast food workers and labor advocates rallied Tuesday in Montgomery, Ala., to defend a bill establishing a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour in the city of Birmingham, Ala.

A coalition of clergy, fast food workers and labor advocates rallied Tuesday in Montgomery, Ala., to defend a bill establishing a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour in the city of Birmingham, Ala.

Courtesy of Raise Up For $15

A coalition of fast food workers, clergy and advocates rallied at the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., today as a fight escalated in the state over a proposed minimum wage.

Alabama has no minimum wage, and last year, the Birmingham City Council voted to approve an increase from $7.25 (the federal minimum wage that most employers go by) to $10.10 an hour in the future. But a bill filed in the Alabama legislature on Feb. 11, if passed, would prevent the city from establishing its own minimum wage, which would block the proposed increase.

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