Missouri's minimum wage goes up on Jan. 1. But GOP legislators are trying weaken the law

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Missouri's Proposition A will raise the state minimum wage to $13.75 by Jan. 1 and $15 per hour by 2026, in addition to requiring paid sick leave. Legal experts say that a court challenge from business groups is unlikely to succeed, but legislative attempts to alter the voter-approved measure could pose a greater threat.
A voter-mandated pay hike for Missouri’s minimum wage workers hasn’t kicked in yet — and conservative lawmakers and business groups are looking to the General Assembly and the courts to block the raise.

State legislators have filed three bills to restrict the provisions of Proposition A, which ordered a boost to the minimum wage and required employers to give workers paid sick leave.

Meanwhile, Missouri business groups filed a petition in December with the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn Proposition A.

The business groups argue that Proposition A violates the Missouri Constitution by including multiple subjects — wages plus sick leave — in a single ballot measure.

Labor groups speak confidently about fending off court challenges, and they bristle at efforts to reverse voters’ decision in November by the legislature in the spring.

“It’s a tremendous message of disrespect to the nearly 1.7 million Missourians who voted in support of Proposition A,” said Richard Von Glahn, the campaign manager with Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages that led the Proposition A campaign.

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