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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage

When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage

Veronica Roscoe, who earns $7.75 an hour working at a Burger King here, thought last August that she had won: This city had become the first in the South to approve a local minimum wage.“It was, ‘Wow, victory,’ “ Ms. Roscoe, 55, said. “I  was running around the job, acting a fool.” But that was before the Alabama Legislature met, and before a showdown between state lawmakers and city leaders about who should have the authority to set wage policy in Birmingham

 



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