By Clara Bates
Missouri Independent, March 26, 2025. Also Yahoo News, Columbia Missourian, St. Louis Business Journal, Webster County Citizen, Perry County Republic Monitor.
A Republican-led push to overturn the paid sick leave law adopted by Missouri voters last year was debated and approved Wednesday by a state Senate committee. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Sherri Gallick of Belton, was passed by the House earlier this month and would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law requiring most employers starting May 1 to provide paid sick time off for hundreds of thousands of qualifying workers. ... Gallick’s bill would also modify the minimum wage law by removing the requirement that it be indexed to inflation. ...
Proposition A passed with the support of numerous unions, workers’ advocacy groups, social justice and civil rights organizations, as well as over 500 business owners. It guarantees sick leave for hundreds of thousands of workers and gradually hikes the minimum wage to $15. The measure won by a margin of over 400,000 votes. ...