‘A literal gut punch’: Missouri workers devastated by Republican repeal of paid sick leave
‘A literal gut punch’: Missouri workers devastated by Republican repeal of paid sick leave
‘A literal gut punch’: Missouri workers devastated by Republican repeal of paid sick leave
Voters approved sick leave mandate by 58%, but lawmakers are caving to lobbying by the state’s chamber of commerce
Being sick is a costly business for Bill Thompson, who worked in the fast-food industry in Independence, Missouri, for more than 30 years, and recently worked at Guitar Center until early July, when he was laid off as.
“As an older worker, I have health issues from working on my feet and with my hands for many years with no breaks for eight to 10 hours a day. I have done it for 38 years now, living paycheck to paycheck,” 54-year-old Thompson said, noting in Missouri, workers are not mandated breaks of any kind during work.
So when Republicans in Missouri repealed a paid sick leave mandate that the state’s voters approved by 58% after an aggressive lobbying campaign by the Missouri chamber of commerce and industry and other business industry groups, he said, “It was a literal gut punch.”
So they elected candidates who historically have opposed labor protections and government benefits, and then expected to get paid sick leave?
Fox news tells them the GOP are pro-worker and the Democrats actually hate America and workers.
It's infuriating :/
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me for three decades straight and I'm the average Republican.
The GOP are
proanti-worker and the Democratstic leadership actually hateAmerica andworkersThere we go, now it makes sense :)
There's a lot of lead pipes here still. And massive swaths of empty land that votes against anyone that might try to maintain or replace them via the necessary step of raising taxes.
Kansas city and St Louis didn't vote for Republicans. Unfortunately both blue patches aren't quite half the States population. But were close enough that there governor is looking to take away our representation.
Before gerrymandering
I'm a school bus driver and our shop is union (Teamsters). My coworkers rabidly support our union, but are opposed to all other unions (except police unions of course) including even the teachers' union in our district. They're also mostly MAGA. They're just so fucking clueless about their own self-interest, leaving aside their utter selfishness. Our dispatcher is a lesbian who proudly talks about her wife, and she's the most rabid trumper of them all. I had one painful conversation with her where she insisted that it's the GOP that brought about same-sex marriage.
KC here... I'm frankly fucking AMAZED we're still not a "Right to Work" state... for how quickly everything else has been overturned blatantly I'm amazed Gov Heehaw didn't find a way to gut it on the way out.
Well she's about to find out the hard way how wrong this is as the Supreme Court is about to (probably) overturn Obergefell
It's absolutely maddening, and it's been happening for at least 30 years
Sounds like a lot of people got exactly what they deserve
In the USA, all candidates oppose labor protections and government benefits; it's not as if the Democrats provide relief.
(min. wage 7.25, no sick leave, no maternity leave, no vacation, fire at will, no union protections, unions down to 10% (from 40% in 70s))
Both parties are not the same, but they are both pro-corporate and anti-labor
Democrats have consistently advocated for its increase. Including a proposal to raise it to $15/hour in the 2024 platform.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/07/can-harris-stop-blue-collar-workers-from-defecting-to-donald-trump?
This seems to be mostly determined by states. Several have mandated times. Plus, the Democrats push FAMILY act, which would federally require 12 paid weeks.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed in 2022 - requiring better accommodations for pregnant women.
Democrats push the Protecting the Right to Organize Act - aims to expand collective bargaining rights and strengthen penalties for labor violations.
Executive actions under Biden:
Repealed Trump-era EOs that weakened collective bargaining
Raised the pay floor for federal workers to $15/hour Appointed pro-union guy to the labor relations boardPassed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 and the Paycheck Fairness Act - both attempting more equality in pay.
Trying to equate the Republicans and Democrats on these issues is absolutely asinine, completely indefensible and based on sheer ignorance. People like you, too lazy to do the slightest research and subsisting on lazy assumptions and memes, are why a convicted pedophile is currently the president.
The Democratic party is, but at the local and state levels, there absolutely are progressive, pro-labor Democrats. Whereas all Republicans right now are fascists (the few non-fascists left or were forced out).