When the Alabama state legislature preempted a minimum wage increase in Birmingham, Alabama...

Written By Adam Polaski

When the Alabama state legislature preempted a minimum wage increase in Birmingham, Alabama, they denied pay raises to an estimated 65,000 low-wage workers, disproportionately harming Black people and women. Read more from Blair H, Cooper D, Wolfe J, Worker J. Preempting progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South. Economic Policy Institute. September 2020. https://www.epi.org/publication/preemption-in-the-south.

TAGGED: Worker Protection, Minimum Wage, Region-Specific Studies

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