Increased compensation for workers is on the way but that doesn't mean the market likes it. In fact, the upcoming spike approved by voters has biz from big to small hoping for robots to replace their employees and, in a much more likely scenario, working with the GOP to limit the threshold of citizen petitions.
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Missouri business owners still divided over minimum wage hike, which takes effect Jan. 1
The new year means an increase to Missouri's minimum wage, but not all business owners are on board. Starting Jan. 1, the minimum wage will increase from $7.85 an hour to $8.60. The raise comes after voters approved Proposition B in November, which calls for boosting the state's minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023.
"the minimum wage will increase from $7.85 an hour to $8.60"
ReplyDeleteEnough to consider a luxury apartment.
ReplyDeleteDo it yourself and save.
Boycott Every Damn Business that closes because of this Minimum Wage increase!
ReplyDeleteShow your support!
C'mon, it'll be easy!
How can you boycott a closed business? Think it through simpleton.
DeleteLet the robots have it, and we can all go home after a 30 hour week. It's time to allow the workers to participate in productivity gains.
ReplyDeleteHoly Hannah, @10.24, don't you recognize a joke when you see one?
ReplyDeleteGuess not, since that requires humor, which you obviously have no sense of!