Columbia Missourian: Missouri workers organize across the state in support of Prop A
By Mercy Austin and Faith Boyd
Columbia Missourian, April 10, 2025. Also KBIA-FM (NPR), Webster County Citizen, Maryville (MO) Forum, Griffon News, Marietta Daily Journal
Fifteen activists gathered at Yellow Dog Bookshop on Thursday to protest a Missouri House bill that would overturn Prop A’s sick leave provision. ... Yellow Dog Bookshop owner Joe Chevalier believes Missouri workers deserve paid sick leave and increased minimum wage.
“I think that a lot of people are, even in the wake of the pandemic, coming to work sick because they’re afraid of losing money, losing hours, maybe losing...