Not to mention that continually thwarting the will of the people tends to foment anger at and dissatisfaction with their elected officials. #missouri #government #politics #paidsickleave
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/09/22/repealing-paid-sick-leave-endangers-rural-missouri-families-and-hospitals/
#PaidSickLeave
A grassroots movement perspective on the deterioration in #Missouri politics - how talking to (or trying to talk to) state legislators has changed with increased gerrymandering and donor influence. Particularly on the tentacles of the Missouri #ChamberOfCommerce, so evident in the unpopular legislation that repealed the requirement for #PaidSickLeave passed by ballot initiative.
An interview with Missouri's Jobs with Justice Richard Glahn:
https://www.democracy.news/p/q-and-a-a-smaller-and-smaller-set
Missouri’s swift repeal of paid sick leave, despite 58% voter approval, sparks alarm. Von Glahn reveals business interests curtailing worker rights, risking health and financial security for hourly workers. Voices like Bill Thompson stress dire consequences for low-wage laborers. Explore the full story by Alternet. #Missouri #PaidSickLeave #WorkersRights #Legislation #PublicHealth https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/paid-sick-leave/
“They chose to side with greed over the health of Missouri workers." #missouri #paidsickleave #government #health #workersrights
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/12/missouri-paid-sick-leave-repeal/
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s repeal of paid sick leave sparks harsh backlash, threatening workers like Bill Thompson who face financial ruin and health risks without this essential benefit. Michael Sainato exposes how corporate greed trumps worker wellbeing in Missouri’s fraught political climate. Read more: https://www.alternet.org/missouri-sick-leave/ #Missouri #PaidSickLeave #LaborRights #MichaelSainato #WorkersRights #MikeKehoe #CorporateInterests
All they do is take away, unless you’re really rich
Frances Langum reports a bold move by Missouri's Republican Governor, Mike Kehoe, who has repealed a paid sick leave provision backed by 60% of voters in 2024. This law aimed to secure necessary time off for nearly 728,000 workers and also restricts minimum wage increases. The repeal takes effect August 28. What does this mean for workers? Click to explore the implications of H.B. 567. https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/missouris-gop-governor-just-slapped-down #Missouri #PaidSickLeave #MinimumWage #RepublicanGovernor #Legislation
@tinker I do point these things out to folks from the #USA as well as tools to calculate their actual net payout (i.e. https://nettolohn.de for #Germany) as well as the fact that most things here are #mandatory, not "#perks" like #AffordableHealthcare, #PTO / #PaidVacationLeave, #PaidSickLeave, #PensionFunds, etc. and that these are 100% #transferable across employers and not tied to a specific employment. (I.e. your remaining PTO does transfer!)
- OFC employers may offer benefits on top of that like a company car they can use as an individual (tho they'd have to pay tax on that -> #NotTaxAdvice / #NotFinancialAdvice!), or subsidized #PublicTransport tickets or just terms that are better than the legally mandated minimums.
Granted, #CostOfLiving in the #USA have gone so absurdly high and #wages have stagnated so hard that >50% of the people there literally can't afford to survive there!
@GreenSkyOverMe by comparison € 26.152,80 is #Germany's #MinimumWage [€12,82/hr] * 40/week * 4,25 weeks/month * 12 months.
- That's before #taxes and fees, but in return includes mandatory #pension, #healthcare, #PaidSickLeave, #PaidParentalLeave & #PaidVacationLeave ...
If you want to find out the exact net payout, check out https://nettolohn.de ...
#MOPol #minimumwage #PaidSickLeave
From WTOPNews.com: Missouri court upholds voter approval of minimum wage and paid sick leave initiative
#AKPol #PaidSickLeave #MOwx #NEwx
From WTOPNews.com: Voters resoundingly backed paid sick leave. Now lawmakers in 3 states want to roll back the benefits
"And Sen. Danielle Conrad (Dist46-Lincoln) criticized business groups that had not organized a campaign against the paid sick leave ballot initiative now trying to water it down in the Legislature.
" 'They are deep-pocketed with plenty of money to fight, and they chose not to because they knew that they had leverage here, where senators would do their bidding,' she said. 'They didn't wage a campaign because they knew they couldn't win, and they waited it out until they could find enough senators who lack the discernment to have that battle in the public dialog, and to sneak into the Legislature and undermine the will of the voters. And it's wrong.' "
Also mentions a bill "banning transgender athletes from participating on school or collegiate sports teams not corresponding to their sex at birth."
#NEPol
#PaidSickLeave
#TransAthletes
#TransPanic
Proposed scaling-back of sick leave requirement draws opposition
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/proposed-scaling-back-of-sick-leave-requirement-draws-opposition/
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/03/10/surprise-us-gov-youngkin-sign-the-paid-sick-days-bill/ “a year after the law was enacted, 86% of employers supported it” #PaidSickLeave #Virginia #VALeg #PublicHealth
Why U.S. Dream Jobs Don’t Compare to German Standards (And How U.S. Propaganda Keeps It That Way)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIuzYswgmHE
#workersRights #WorkLifeBalance #USvEU #Politics #Propaganda #Unions #PaidVacation #PaidSickLeave #Exploitation #BeliefSystems #socialism #laborProtection
@MichalBryxi @Kevin because in the #USA it's legal to sabotage andnviolently crackdown on #Unions and #Stikes.
- Shit like what #Pinkertons offest to this day would be so #illegal in #Germany that they'd he banned as a criminal enterprise!
Also most places have all these "#Perks", they are called mandatory minimums and get employers jailed if they were to refuse things like #PaidParentalLeave, #PaidSickLeave and #PaidVacationLeave...
Current #PaidSickLeave mandates are mostly in blue states, but "[t]he three sick leave ballot measures up for vote [in 2024] are in Republican-led states." https://buff.ly/3UuFauI
#Democratic "leadership" to moneyed interests:
"Don't worry, we might be left-leaning but nothing will fundamentally change in our time."
#medicareforall #paidsickleave #paidmaternityleave #gaza #armsembargo #union
🖕#iamnotafraidoftrump #immigration
In May 2023, #Walz signed a #law creating astate-run program to provide paid #family & #medical leave for #Minnesota #workers, funded by a 0.7% payroll #tax on #employers, by 2026.
While proponents say the #law is an "equalizer" that provides a road map for a similar federal effort, critics claim it would cost much more than estimated & devastate small businesses.
#PaidFamilyLeave #PaidMedicalLeave #PaidSickLeave #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
@wdhughes @danimo @GottaLaff it's not about being "#AntiCapitalist" but like very #based thinks like mandatory #healthcare and #PaidSickLeave...
Shit that #Germany has since the 1890s (!!!) and was specifically enacted to curb the rise of #SocDems by taking away their popular demands...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112843501813018886
Don"t even get me started on like a mandatiry #LivingMinimumWage that gets adjusted per #inflation!
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