St. Louis Gave Workers a Wage Hike. Missouri Republicans Are Taking it Away.

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St. Louis Gave Workers a Wage Hike. Missouri Republicans Are Taking it Away.
By Henry Grabar

On Aug. 28, St. Louis may become the first city in the United States to see its minimum wage fall, from $10 an hour to $7.70 an hour, as the Missouri statehouse enables a pay cut for some 35,000 workers.

That’s the date when a new state pre-emption law, drafted specifically to target St. Louis, is scheduled to take effect.

The Missouri measure will override the city’s own minimum wage increase, which was implemented in May after a two-year court battle, and end a three-month period during which fast food, retail, and other workers in the city were required to be paid hundreds of dollars in additional income.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/07/07/st_louis_gave_workers_a_wage_hike_missouri_republicans_are_taking_it_away.html