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NewsLWVMO President Marilyn McLeod calls a lawsuit challenging Prop A reprehensible. The measure sponsored by Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages won with more than 57.5% of the vote. A coalition of business advocacy groups filed the suit on Dec. 6, alleging that Prop A violated the single-subject rule and its fiscal note and ballot summary were “insufficient and unfair.” Click here to learn more about the lawsuit.
"This anti-democratic move is reprehensible," McLeod said in response. "These special interest groups could have raised their legal concerns at any other point in the process before the measure appeared on the ballot. The voters have overwhelmingly approved the measure. We are appalled that judges will be asked to overturn the wishes of the Missouri electorate, but we are confident that they will see that wages and benefits are clearly part of the same subject on compensation and will reject this lawsuit.”
Prop A increases the state’s minimum wage to $13.75 in January and then $15 on Jan. 1, 2026. Employees can begin accruing and using sick time on May 1, 2025, earning one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to five days per year for businesses with fewer than 15 employees and seven days per year for larger businesses.
The League endorsed the proposal in 2023 and members helped gather signatures to get it on the ballot.
- Prop A’s paid sick leave provisions will reach 728,000 Missouri workers, that’s 1 in 3 Missouri working parents
- Prop A’s minimum wage increase will give a much-needed raise to over 562,000 Missouri workers
- Nearly 90 percent of these workers are adults over age 20 who work at least 20 hours a week
- Prop A will impact 338,000 Missouri children who live in a household with someone earning minimum wage.
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