Alabama’s law blocking minimum wage ordinances in Birmingham and other cities in the state is not unconstitutional or racially biased, a federal judge ruled (Lewis v. Bentley, N.D. Ala., 2:16-cv-00690, 2/1/17).
The NAACP, Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and a dozen other plaintiffs sued to block a 2016 state law that prohibits cities from imposing their own private-sector wage and benefit requirements. The law effectively blocked a $10.10 minimum hourly wage just one day after it took effect in Birmingham, the state’s largest city. The plaintiffs alleged a majority-white legislature was racially motivated in blocking the ordinance of ...
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