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by jrf6 3331 days ago
The article also cited the lower wages in Alabama. The pay scale tops out at $23 an hour, and the workforce is not unionized.
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The $158m in incentives that Alabama paid were also part of it:

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/big_incentives_at_s...

As was the hope Airbus would land the Air Force tanker contract it lost to Boeing.