TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY CONTEST TO PASS FAIR WAGE ORDINANCE BEFORE MISSOURI CRACKDOWN!!!



The race is on for Kansas City to increase the minimum wage before the Missouri state house leaders move to block the effort again.

In a letter to Council on behalf of petitioners, Attorney Clinton Adams makes the case for an ordinance to accomplish the fair wage move . . .



"As you may know, on February 28, 2017 the Missouri Supreme Court issued its opinion upholding the St. Louis, Missouri minimum wage ordinance. In that opinion the Court held that, interalia, Missouri law did not preempt, or preclude cities from enacting their own minimum wage laws.

"In light of that decision we respectfully request that you adopt an ordinance raising the minimum wage as set forth in our proposed ordinance that is scheduled to appear on the August 2017 ballot. We encourage you to act now because we are concerned that the Missouri Legislature is controlled by special interest groups (such as the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Restaurant Association) that are hostile to efforts requiring employers to pay workers a livable wage. We expect that there will be an effort to pass legislation that would prevent cities from enacting minimum wage laws and that any such statute could take effect prior to the September 1, 2017 effective date of our proposed ordinance (should it be approved in August).

"The previous council approved and subsequently rescinded an ordinance raising the minimum wage to $13.00. Under the circumstances this council should revisit the matter in light of inflation and the cost of living adopt the ordinance proposed by the Committee of Petitioners. An immediate increase to $10.00 an hour with annual increases until it reaches $15.00 an hour in 2022 is an important step in improving the quality of life for so many hardworking residents of our city. Waiting until August may jeaportize this much needed progress.

"Throughout the public discourse of this issue a majority of you have expressed support for raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Now you have an opportunity to act in accordance with your rhetoric."
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True to form, a fair wage opponent has already filed opposition . . .

Missouri Rep. Dan Shaul HB 1193: "Prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a minimum wage that exceeds the requirements of state law."

To wit . . .

NOW MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CONFRONT FAIR WAGE CONFRONTATION FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS AMID A LOOMING DEADLINE!!!



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Comments

  1. A better way to put it:

    Does the mayor actually believe what he said or was he just trying to get votes?

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    1. Better question. Is the mayor just full of hot air?

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  2. You really need to ask that?

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  3. Does the minimum wage need to be raised? Absolutely yes it does. Does it need to be $15/hour? Don't think so. Workers in fast food places do not need $15 when they can't get the order right for what they're making. Our servicemen and women barely make that while they are protecting the rest of us back here at home.

    If folks want a decent livable wage, go get some training and learn a craft, Auto Mechanics, welders, pipe fitters, carpenters, electricians, millwrights, iron workers, truck drivers, hvac etc.

    And will the $15/hour also include tipped workers? Probably not as the hotel and food service industry lobbied years ago their employees didn't need to make even minimum.

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  4. Call the mayor, call the council.

    Make sure they act now!

    http://kcmo.gov/city-officials/

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  5. Won't make any difference. Landlords will just jack up their rents to harvest more yield.

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  6. Will Sly do the right thing?

    We'll see.

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  7. I like to see Homos naked! Exciting! I just can't trust a homo named Sly. Why would anyone call themselves Sly? You think you're more crafty than than the rest of us the great unwashed? We know Sly you also like Homos naked in your bedroom. It'sOK just relax and accept your homoness. The rest of us just pay the bills.

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    1. Wtf? I can assure you that my mayor loves the beetches.

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    2. Mayor REALLY loves good scotch!

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  8. Don't you KC sissys be coming to the burbs to eat just because our burgers are half the price of yours. Either fight and win or pay up to Sly, almighty king of grifters.

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