Voters approved sick leave mandate by 58% but lawmakers are caving to lobbying by the state’s chamber of commerce

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So when Republicans in Missouri repealed a paid sick leave mandate that the state’s voters approved by 58% after an aggressive lobbying campaign by the Missouri chamber of commerce and industry and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.”

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    In this dude’s defense, no where does it mention him being a Republican or supporting Republican politicians. It does say:

    Thompson helped gather signatures for the paid-sick-leave and minimum-wage-increase ballot initiative

    So I don’t think this is a leopards eating face scenario.

    • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think it necessarily needs the victim to have voted for them - it’s more about the majority supporting the referendum and also the incompatible representatives. The LEPF party were elected and are doing what they do.