Tag: minimum wage
St. Louis Public Schools employees receive raise sooner than planned
The Board of Education of the City of St. Louis voted unanimously Dec. 14 to approve a recommendation from the administration to accelerate its...
YOUR LETTERS: Are you a minimum wage Scrooge?
So you’re against raising the minimum wage. I have a story to tell you.
Say hello to Bob. Bob had a great paying job, made...
YOUR LETTERS: Minimum wage – Should employers be supporting employees or...
There has been much discussion in the news about the minimum wage aspect of the federal stimulus package. However, I have not heard much...
Asbestos suits, mechanical licensing, minimum wage all in the crosshairs of...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – Republican lawmakers are continuing their relentless attacks on workers in the Missouri Legislature this session with bills targeting victims...
OPINION: U.S. minimum wage has failed to keep up
The minimum wage would be $24 today if it kept pace with productivity
By DEAN BAKER
If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since...
OPINION: Legislators’ contempt for voters is on display once again
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board
And here we go again. GOP state legislators, having already moved to undo the clearly expressed will of...
Missouri Senate seeks to undermine wage increase approved by voters
Jefferson City, MO – Missouri voters in November approved Proposition B, a measure to gradually increase the Show-Me State’s minimum wage to $12 by...
CLEAN Missouri and Raise Up minimum wage initiative will be on...
One week before the historic defeat of Proposition A (RTW), the CLEAN Missouri Amendment and Raise Up Missouri minimum wage ballot initiative were both...
Republicans using preemption laws to stop local governments from improving the...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
A recent wave of anti-worker preemption laws have swept across the country in the last decade striking down local government efforts to...
Greitens, Missouri GOP earn national headlines for ‘cruel’ decision to cut...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
The heartless decision to cut by 23 percent the minimum wage paid to 35,000 low-paid St. Louis workers (and to prevent a...