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| Intro: | Mayor Slay said ending the St. Louis minimum wage increase would keep the working poor from earning a living wage. |
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| RunTime: | 0:34 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap:
| Actuality: | SLAY.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:10 |
| Description: It's about giving people, low-wage workers, some dignity. They can make ends meet, they can pay their bills, they can feed their children, they can send them to school, they can do things that are necessary. | |
Mayor Francis Slay also said the state can solve its St. Louis wage issue by passing a higher statewide minimum wage.
The Senate committee hearing comes less than a week after the Missouri House passed the measure. The bill would halt St. Louis' minimum wage increase right after the governor signs it if it is passed as is by the committee and Senate.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.
| Intro: | A St. Louis business-owner said the minimum wage increase would hurt his company and employees. |
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| RunTime: | 0:29 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap: President of Pogue Label and Screen Michael Meuser said his business would suffer if the minimum wage in St. Louis rises.
| Actuality: | MEUSER.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:05 |
| Description: This will either make my company smaller or it'll force me to move. | |
The Senate Committee on Local Government heard the measure less than a week after Missouri's House approved it.
Two-thirds of the Senate and the governor must approve a technical clause to make the bill take effect immediately after it's signed.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.
| Intro: | Less than a week after the Missouri House approved ending St. Louis' minimum wage increase, the Senate took its first step to approval. |
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| RunTime: | 0:31 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap: David Cook, president of United Food and Commercial Workers local 655, said a Republican-controlled legislature should believe in small government.
| Actuality: | COOK.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:06 |
| Description: What right does this body have to say 'we know what's better for you than what you've elected yourself'? | |
The hearing was the first step for the Senate to vote on the measure.
The Supreme Court of Missouri allowed St. Louis to raise its minimum wage due to multiple technicalities. The House voted last week to end the wage increase.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Jack Morrisroe.