Minimum wage hike issue intensifies
File photo. Supporters of a minimum wage hike camped out in front of City Hall in July, 2015.
Adding to chaos around the Kansas City minimum wage hike, proponents who wanted it raised more will get a public vote.
The city clerk submitted the ...
Another front opens in minimum wage fight
File photo. City hall debate on the minimum wage.
The conflict over a higher city minimum wage takes another twist, as restaurant and business advocates start a petition drive to repeal it.
A city website announces the filed notice of referendum ...
UMKC professor sells civility, reveals his minimum wage position
Dignity and better pay vs. lost jobs and bankruptcy: Scott Helm of UMKC was referee in that fight.
Through six weeks of meetings, he moderated clashes between advocates and opponents of a higher minimum wage.
The city passed a minimum wage increase ...
New minimum wage: Call in the lawyers
Now that Kansas City has a minimum wage law, the question becomes can it keep it.
The extent of legal complexities came into play Thursday during council debate.
A quick rundown:
City lawyers first said the city could not raise the wage because ...
City passes landmark minimum wage law
The city council today passed a minimum wage law – the first Missouri city to do so.
It would increase the wage to $8.50 by Aug. 4, skip any increase next year and then increase it gradually to $13 by 2020.
Only Councilman Ed Ford voted against ...
What now? Governor vetoes minimum wage bill
Supporters of a minimum wage hike are camped out in front of City Hall.
Throwing more chaos into the Kansas City effort to raise the minimum wage, Governor Jay Nixon today vetoed a state bill critical to the effort that Mayor Sly James says ...
Minimum wage hike takes shape
The city council today introduced and advanced a new minimum wage proposal for an increase to $13 an hour by 2023.
Acting as a committee of the whole, all the councilmembers sent it to themselves for a final vote next Thursday.
The substitute ...
Low-wage workers say they’ll fast until city council makes wage decision
Fast food workers have set up a tent in front of city hall, where some will fast until a decision is made on the minimum wage. At noon, most of the workers participating in the fast had gone upstairs to listen to testimony before the city council ...
Minimum wage fight goes back to city council
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After six weeks, the final meeting of citizens for and against a higher city minimum wage agreed on little except a starting point.
An increase to about $9 an hour would be appropriate to start, they said, but opponents want that ...
No breakthrough in minimum wage issue
File photo. A minimum wage rally in front of city hall.
After weeks of meetings, little consensus emerged Monday from a citizen group of those who support and oppose a higher city minimum wage.
There certainly was not wide business support for ...
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