Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a repeal of a law guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28.

  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
    631·
    13 hours ago

    Welcome to America, the game show where your votes don’t matter and you’ll get deported by ICE if you defend your rights.

      • alaphic@lemmy.world
        7·
        9 hours ago

        “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees,” as the saying goes…

        Certainly does beg the question though, as to what happened to all those ‘dont tread on me!’, ‘muh 2nd mendment’ people who seem intensely concerned about their right to bear arms against an unlawful oppressor conveniently right up until one shows up…

        • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
          7·
          8 hours ago

          That’s the brilliant part.

          They were led to believe the government could go after them physically, and that’s what they’re looking for, while they steal their healthcare and education and infrastructure, while deporting the cheap labor they were exploiting in their farms and depriving them of income.

          They’re tightly watching their front door, ready to shoot the first person getting close to it, while the rest of their house is being robbed blind…