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Missouri voters connected Wednesday sewage a measurement person to getting to determine whether to raise nan state's minimum costs to $15 an hour, aft a group down nan effort said it turned successful astir double nan required number of signatures.
The ballot measurement backed by Missouri Jobs pinch Justice would raise nan minimum costs from its existent $12.30 an hr to $13.75 an hr adjacent twelvemonth and past to $15 an hr successful 2026.
Citizen-driven amendments to Missouri rule require much than 100,000 elector signatures to get connected nan ballot, and Missouri Jobs pinch Justice said it submitted astir 210,000. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's agency must adjacent find if astatine slightest 115,000 aliases truthful are valid.
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"We consciousness assured that voters will person an opportunity to walk this important inaugural this fall," Caitlyn Adams, executive head of Missouri Jobs pinch Justice Voter Action, said successful a statement.
Missouri voters historically person supported minimum costs hikes.
Moon rises complete nan day sun-lit Missouri authorities capitol building successful Jefferson City, Missouri. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After nan Republican-led Legislature successful 2017 blocked St. Louis and Kansas City from raising wages successful those cities, voters successful 2018 approved a statewide minimum costs hike.
Under that plan, nan costs level — past $7.85 an hr — roseate by 85 cents per twelvemonth until it deed $12 successful 2023. Pay roseate again this twelvemonth because of automatic increases tied to inflation.
The latest connection besides includes a request that workers get paid sick leave.
Employees presently not guaranteed sick days would gain an hr of paid time off for each 30 hours worked nether nan measure.
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Businesses pinch less labor would beryllium required to let a minimum of 5 paid sick days per year, and larger companies would beryllium required to connection astatine slightest 7 paid sick days.
