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While major demonstrations have led to a $15 minimum wage in San Francisco, Seattle, New York Los Angeles, and 10 other cities in the past year, Birmingham’s plans to boost local wages have been thwarted by state legislation.

The city council of Birmingham, Ala., voted 7 to 0 (with one abstention) to become the first city in the deep South to enact a minimum wage above the current federal level of $7.25. The ordinance planned an increase to $8.50 per hour by July 2016, with a second increase to $10.10 set for July 2017.

But the Alabama legislature this past week fired back, passing a bill that prevents cities and counties from mandating their own benefits, including minimum wage, vacation time, or set work schedules. The bill passed easily in both houses and Gov. Robert Bentley signed it into law on Thursday.

kalm wrote:I employ a high percentage of minimum wage earners who are mostly students and still at least partial dependennts including my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him. My business is also not in Chizzy's utopic Redmond where a sammy costs $15, so I'm not for state-wide living wage requirements across the board. But it seems like cities should be able to set their own standards.

While major demonstrations have led to a $15 minimum wage in San Francisco, Seattle, New York Los Angeles, and 10 other cities in the past year, Birmingham’s plans to boost local wages have been thwarted by state legislation.

The city council of Birmingham, Ala., voted 7 to 0 (with one abstention) to become the first city in the deep South to enact a minimum wage above the current federal level of $7.25. The ordinance planned an increase to $8.50 per hour by July 2016, with a second increase to $10.10 set for July 2017.

But the Alabama legislature this past week fired back, passing a bill that prevents cities and counties from mandating their own benefits, including minimum wage, vacation time, or set work schedules. The bill passed easily in both houses and Gov. Robert Bentley signed it into law on Thursday.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update ... ntent=link

CAA Flagship wrote:

kalm wrote:I employ a high percentage of minimum wage earners who are mostly students and still at least partial dependennts including my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him. My business is also not in Chizzy's utopic Redmond where a sammy costs $15, so I'm not for state-wide living wage requirements across the board. But it seems like cities should be able to set their own standards.



http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update ... ntent=link

That's an interesting question. I would need to hear the argument from the individual cities on that.
While I agree that statewide policies do not always work for all areas of the state, I think something like that should be "approved" by the state though. No different than a city changing the state minimum age to begin working or getting a driver's license. State governments work hard to bring in new business. You create chaos if cities undermine these deals.

kalm wrote:I employ a high percentage of minimum wage earners who are mostly students and still at least partial dependennts including my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him. My business is also not in Chizzy's utopic Redmond where a sammy costs $15, so I'm not for state-wide living wage requirements across the board. But it seems like cities should be able to set their own standards.

Chizzang wrote:

kalm wrote:I employ a high percentage of minimum wage earners who are mostly students and still at least partial dependennts including my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him. My business is also not in Chizzy's utopic Redmond where a sammy costs $15, so I'm not for state-wide living wage requirements across the board. But it seems like cities should be able to set their own standards.

Okay,
I laughed about your son NOT being worth $9.50 an hour...
And regarding Redmond... There are subways and KFC's for people who can't eat real food



But true - everybody else eats real food

kalm wrote:my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him.

Washington’s minimum wage
will be $9.47 per hour beginning
Jan. 1, 2015. Workers who
are 14 or 15 years old may be
paid 85% of the adult minimum
wage, or $8.05 per hour.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Chizzang wrote:

Okay,
I laughed about your son NOT being worth $9.50 an hour...
And regarding Redmond... There are subways and KFC's for people who can't eat real food



But true - everybody else eats real food

You don't like Subway and KFC? What are you, a damned commie?

Skjellyfetti wrote:

kalm wrote:my 15 year old son who (trust me on this) is NOT worth the $9.47 I'm forced to pay him.

don't tell your son I told you this, but you can pay him $8.05

Washington’s minimum wage
will be $9.47 per hour beginning
Jan. 1, 2015. Workers who
are 14 or 15 years old may be
paid 85% of the adult minimum
wage, or $8.05 per hour.

http://www.lni.wa.gov/workplacerights/f ... cement.pdf

kalm wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:
don't tell your son I told you this, but you can pay him $8.05



http://www.lni.wa.gov/workplacerights/f ... cement.pdf

Awesome! I haven't employed a 15 year old before. I won't tell him and see if he notices.

Chizzang wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote: You don't like Subway and KFC? What are you, a damned commie?

Subway is really just BAD FOOD !!!
If there ever was by definition "sh!t Product" that would be Subway

The meats are embarrassingly low quality...

Chizzang wrote:

kalm wrote:
Awesome! I haven't employed a 15 year old before. I won't tell him and see if he notices.

You are now behaving (on a small scale) like Wall Street
"Lets take 10% more of these millions of peoples retirement money and see if they notice"