Looming threats to crackdown on municipal minimum wage increases from the Missouri legislature did not dissuade City Council today in a historic vote that approved the increase of the local minimum wage.
To wit . . .
KANSAS CITY FAIR WAGE FIGHTERS WIN ANOTHER ROUND WITH TODAY'S PAY RAISE SCHEDULED TO TAKE HOLD THIS YEAR!!!
Sponsored by Council Members Quinton Lucas, Teresa Loar and Alissia Canady here's what as approved . . .
170193: Enacting a new Article IV, Chapter 38, Code of Ordinances, entitled “Minimum Wage” to establish a municipal minimum wage of $8.50 per hour on September 18, 2017, to increase that municipal minimum wage to $13.00 per hour by January 1, 2023, to be increased or decreased by the cost of living January 1, 2024 and each year thereafter; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Meanwhile, the Missouri House just approved a bill blocking STL, KC and any other towns in Missouri from raising the minimum wage.
Long story short . . . This is another court fight coming up in Missouri with opponents of the minimum wage increase already confronting a previous defeat in the state Supreme Court.
Developing . . .
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