{"id":23239,"date":"2020-01-19T20:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=23239"},"modified":"2020-01-19T20:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:21:10","slug":"missouri-workers-to-benefit-from-increased-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=23239","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Workers to Benefit From Increased Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missourians will see another wage <\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

increase to ring in the new year.<\/strong> <\/em><\/h1>\n

In 2018, voters from every corner of our state resoundingly voted Yes on Proposition B to gradually increase Missouri\u2019s minimum wage from $7.85 an hour to $12 an hour by 2023. With 62.34% of the vote and carrying 82 of Missouri\u2019s 114 counties, 31 of 34 State Senate districts, and 145 of 163 State House districts, Proposition B and raising Missouri\u2019s minimum wage was a clear signal and mandate from voters across our state. This 85 cents an hour raise has already resulted in an additional $1,000 a year for Missouri\u2019s full-time, minimum wage workers\u2019 pockets and into their local economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cMissouri voters get it,\u201d said Richard von Glahn, Missouri Jobs with Justice Policy Director, \u201cBusinesses cannot thrive when their workers \u2014\u00a0 or customers \u2014 are living in poverty.\u201d
\nProposition B was endorsed by a diverse and bipartisan coalition of workers, faith leaders, elected officials, and business owners, who continue to defend this voter-passed mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is, the more money people have, the more money they spend,\u201d said Mary Faucett, owner of Springfield-based Bambino\u2019s restaurant. \u201cMore people spending money on life\u2019s necessities like food, diapers, and repairs, this helps businesses across the board. We are already seeing that when wages are raised at the bottom, money goes right back into businesses like ours and our larger community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Increasing Missouri\u2019s minimum wage was estimated to impact\u00a0 677,000 Missourians \u2014 or 1 in 4 workers \u2014 and may are looking forward to the increase, including Mysean Coleman who works as a Hall Monitor at Heritage Care Center in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minimum wage going up to $9.45 an hour is a big deal for me, my family, and my co-workers. I work hard to take care of my family \u2014 16-hour shifts so I can pay for daycare for my two-year-old daughter, Londyn, along with rent, electric, gas, groceries, and everything else life throws at you. This raise is a step in the right direction to give us some breathing room.\u201d
\nMultiple deceptive bills were introduced in Missouri\u2019s 2019 Legislative Session to undercut the will of the voters and Missouri workers and at least one of those bills has been re-introduced for the 2020 legislative session.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought hard for this raise and we are not going to let some out-of-touch politicians overturn the will of Missouri voters,\u201d said Khaymen Hoelscher of Columbia, one of the many workers who lobbied to preserve the increase over the past year.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not just the disrespect to voters like me,\u201d said Cheyenne Mauzy of Springfield, \u201c it is also that there are politicians who want to make sure some of us workers are forced to only scrape by and never get ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missourians will see another wage increase to ring in the new year. In 2018, voters from every corner of our state resoundingly voted Yes on Proposition B to gradually increase Missouri\u2019s minimum wage from $7.85 an hour to $12 an hour by 2023. With 62.34% of the vote and carrying 82 of Missouri\u2019s 114 counties, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36,16,17,20,25],"tags":[548,544,551,545,550,547,546,549],"class_list":["post-23239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackjack-spanishlake","category-florissant-business-news","category-ferguson","category-florissant","category-hazelwood","category-missouri","tag-benefit","tag-increased-minimum-wage","tag-mary-faucett","tag-minimum-wage-increase","tag-missouri-jobs-with-justice","tag-missouri-workers","tag-missouris-minimum-wage","tag-richard-von-glahn","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nMissouri Workers to Benefit From Increased Minimum Wage - flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Missourians will see a wage increase in 2020. 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