Celebrate Kansas City 12th & Oak Pay Bump

Or maybe not . . . 

Of course, we don't begrudge anybody earning more cash. 

However . . . 

Beyond a mere response and case assignment number, the wait time for a resolution to a 311 service request now numbers in the MONTHS if not years. 

Still, here's a peek at a bit more cash flowing back into the local economy . . .

Full-time Kansas City employees will soon make a minimum of $17.35 an hour, under a new labor agreement union and city officials announced Tuesday.

The changes, which also include a new minimum wage of $16.12 for part-time employees, go into effect Aug. 1.

“We are Kansas City,” Local 500 president Reginald Silvers said during a Tuesday morning contract signing at City Hall. “It doesn’t move without us. … And this contract is a start in the right direction in retaining, recruitment and training.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Minimum wage for Kansas City's full-time workers rising to $17.35, under new contract

Full-time Kansas City employees will soon make a minimum of $17.35 an hour, under a new labor agreement union and city officials announced Tuesday. The changes, which also include a new minimum wage of $16.12 for part-time employees, go into effect Aug. 1.

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