The current minimum wage in Alabama is $7.25 an hour. There, a full-time minimum wage employee, if there are any, makes about $15,000 a year. That's not enough.
Presently, a small number of people in Birmingham are protesting for $15.00 an hour. I hope they get what they're asking, but I'm not so sure they will get it.
Seriously, an increase in the minimum wage is long overdue. Huntsville ought to take the lead; it's about time we start looking out for the little guy!
Consider this: the median income of an exotic dancer is $45,000. Fast food workers make about $7.91 per hour, on the average.
I would like to see that.
ReplyDeleteThe City of St. Louis tried to bump it up to $15. It was compromised at $11 over a graduated time period. Now a judge has blocked even that.
ReplyDeleteThe minimum wage needs to move up.
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