State Rep. Napoleon Bracy’s proposal would push Mobile’s minimum wage up to $10.10 an hour, well above the current federal floor of $7.25 an hour.
Tag: Alabama economy
Mobile
Airbus Mobile Assembly Line On Track as First European Components Set to Arrive
Airbus says its Mobile A320 assembly plant remains on time and on budget, with major aircraft components expected to arrive by ship as early as June.
Local News
Shelby Vowed to Block Union Card-Check Bill, Citing Alabama’s Factories
Pointing to Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai and the new EADS facility in Mobile, Alabama’s senior senator said he had cosigned a letter with enough signatures to stop the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate.
Baldwin County
Interest-Only Mortgages and the Baldwin County Boom: A Quiet Argument Over Risk
In December 2004, a private exchange among South Alabama professionals turned into a pointed debate: were interest-only mortgages fueling Baldwin County’s housing boom, and what happens if prices stop rising?
Mobile
Mobile’s Paychecks Fall Behind the State’s: A Decade of Slipping Wages
Federal data show Mobile’s average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real consequences.