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Seven people stand in front of Yellow Dog Bookshop in downtown Columbia, the store's sign is visible at the top of the image. A woman in the middle of the frame reads from a piece of paper. Many of the people are holding purple signs that read "I support paid sick days". Sami Binnings is wearing a light pink turtle neck with a denim jumper over it, sitting in her wheelchair at the right side of the frame and holding a sign that reads "Jobs with Justice"

Missouri workers organize across the state in support of Prop A

KBIA

Fifteen activists gathered at Yellow Dog Bookshop on Thursday to protest a Missouri House bill that would overturn Prop A's sick leave provision.

Supporters of Missouri Proposition A, which raises the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, celebrate the measure passing on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at the Marriott St. Louis Grand in downtown St. Louis.

Missouri News

Missouri Senate committee advances a bill to undo paid sick leave

Evy Lewis

House Bill 567 would entirely remove Proposition A’s sick leave provisions, which are set to go into effect May 1.

Protestors wore LiUNA! stickers during the protest on Saturday at MU’s campus in Columbia. Laborer’s Local 955 is a union covering areas of mid-Missouri and a subgroup of Laborers’ International Union of North America.

University workers union stands together for contract renegotiations

Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

The LiUNA! Local 955 workers union held a protest outside of Jesse Hall on Saturday asking for the University of Missouri to bargain in good faith with the union.

The Columbia City Council voted to keep taxi stands on local streets.

Missouri News Network

Columbia city workers union strikes deal with city for better pay

The Columbia Missourian

The agreement also includes more breaks and eliminates mandatory marijuana testing for new hires.

Nixon previously vetoed legislation that would have placed work-related diseases under worker’s compensation coverage, instead of letting parties go to court.

Politics

Gov. Nixon optimistic over reaching a deal over workers compensation

Elana Gordon

With just a few days left to go in Missouri’s legislative session, Governor Jay Nixon says he’s optimistic about reaching a deal with lawmakers on…

Politics

Senator seeks Social Security number restriction

Associated Press

Missouri employers would be barred from identifying workers by the last four digits of their Social Security numbers under a bill in the state…

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was in the state Monday pressing for a bill salvaging the fledgling postal service.

Politics

Post office workers face uncertain future

Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is proposing cost cuts and a new business model to save post offices across the state. 167 rural Missouri post offices…