• “Hardworking Missourians often face impossible choices. Parents decide between sending their children to school sick or losing a day’s pay because they don’t get paid sick days. Families choose between paying for groceries, housing, or utilities because the minimum wage has not kept up with rising costs. Missouri’s economy should reward hard work and not punish people for getting sick. Proposition A will help tens of thousands of Missouri parents and their children by providing needed time off from work and gradually increasing the minimum wage over 3 years. Prop A will mean hard-working Missourians can take care of their families.” - Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages 
  

• "We’ve heard on this stage that minimum wage jobs are entry level jobs and they’re just for kids. The reality is we have so many parents and so many people who are working minimum wage jobs, multiple minimum wage jobs to get by because they can’t actually find good quality high paying jobs in the state of Missouri. As a working parent myself, I understand what it means when my kid gets sick, and I have to call in and wonder what that means for my job and my security. And I have, and prior to becoming a legislator, I’ve had good jobs, but not everybody has that affordability where their employer is flexible with them." - Crystal Quade, Missouri State Representative  
  

• “As an organization dedicated to securing basic human needs for all Missourians through policy change, Empower Missouri supports living wages for our state’s workers. On November 5th Missourians will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition A, the Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative. Proposition A would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026, starting with an increase to $13.75 per hour in 2025. It would also require employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Missouri workers deserve thriving wages and adequate paid sick leave to take care of themselves and those around them. Passing Proposition A would bring us one step closer.” - Empower Missouri  
  

• “Ultimately, increased labor costs are passed down to consumers. As many U.S. families struggle with the effects of inflation, Proposition A will further increase the costs of goods and services here in Missouri. Nearly half of all minimum wage earners are teenagers or young adults, and raising the minimum wage can push them out of the job market if employers reduce hiring. “Missouri employers know their employees are their greatest asset and recognize the importance of offering competitive wages and benefits. However, the Missouri Chamber will always oppose new business mandates. We believe business owners know best how to run their own companies, and the government should stay out of the way. Our position is simple: Let business decide.” - Kara Corches, Interim President and CEO, Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 
  

• "When we change minimum wage standards, we actually affect those that we’re trying to help the most. Minimum wages will cause prices to rise on the most basic of products. It also leaves a void for the youngest of people who want to start at an entry level job. You take those jobs away from them."  - Mike Kehoe, Missouri Lieutenant Governor
  

• “Associated Industries of Missouri is opposed to the minimum wage AND mandatory paid sick leave provisions in Proposition A. This is a state-mandated benefit for employees and cost for employers. At AIM, we believe employers should be free to set their own sick leave and associated requirements for using that leave and we oppose any measure that creates new ways to sue employers. Of course, the minimum wage increase is troubling as it increases wages for everyone - not just the minimum wage workers. As minimum wage increases, employers must pay more for all their employees because they see the newer or less skilled workers getting paid more. In today's competitive environment, very few are actually paying minimum wage, but when minimum wage increases, the rising tide raises all boats, increasing costs for all business owners and operators. And we know increasing wages causes price inflation. Even more troubling is the part of the amendment that requires ALL employers to provide paid sick leave under the terms and conditions set by the initiative.” - Associated Industries of Missouri 
  

Committees formed to SUPPORT the Missouri Proposition A, Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative (2024):

MISSOURIANS FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES AND FAIR WAGES

Selected Contributions TO: Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages include:

• Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages
  

Committees formed to OPPOSE the Missouri Proposition A, Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative (2024):

NO COMMITTEE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO OPPOSE THIS INITATIVE AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2024.

Selected Contributions TO include:

• NA