Of course, not every workers gets full-time hours and most don’t work at those few trend-setting employers. Too many workers – especially in Missouri – still earn the state’s minimum of $7.85 an hour. Worse, some folks over in Kansas still earn just the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
This November Missouri voters get to help themselves and their neighbors. Proposition B will raise the state’s minimum wage to $12.00 an hour by 2023.
The West County Democrats meeting this morning was structured to analyze the results of most recent primary election and to discuss the potential for the November 2018 election. Two special guests, Jo Mannies, political reporter with KWMU, and Democratic State Read More …
West County Democrats support the ideals of representative democracy and progressive actions for the good of all our neighbors. As a group we do not endorse candidates nor provide material support to candidates. All members of West County Democrats and Read More …
How bad does a legislative agenda have to be to require an unrelenting subversion of the democratic process? Take a look around. It took a lot of effort to create the chaos and divisiveness we now see in our country. Read More …
A downpour of campaign literature flooded the mailboxes of voters for a city council member’s seat in Chesterfield, Missouri last March and April. We are told, these mailers — glossy, large, professionally produced — came without the knowledge or permission Read More …
The little-known history of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in a New York primary hints at the coming transformation
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