According to the blog of the United Steel Workers, which in turn relied on data from the AFL/CIO, income inequality in the United States is worse than it’s been in a century. Despite that, conservative Missouri legislators seem to want to make things worse for the working class in that state.
In the last days of August 2017,, a new law lowering the minimum wage in St. Louis went
into effect. That legislation removed about $2.30 an hour from the paychecks of the city’s lowest-paid and most
vulnerable workers.
Once again to quote the AFL/CIO, working families
shouldn’t struggle to put food on the table or afford the basics. Anti-worker politicians in Missouri have put the interests of their millionaire donors ahead of regular working families.
How much money does a low-wage family in St. Louis stand to lose annually, as a result of this law? $4784.00 will be taken away from every full-time minimum wage worker in
St. Louis and Kansas City.
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