St. Louis leaders agree to minimum wage increase to $11/hour

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The minimum wage in St. Louis would rise to $11 per hour by 2018 under a measure approved Friday.

The bill, which the St. Louis' Board of Alderman passed and Mayor Francis Slay later signed, was a compromise. An earlier proposal sought to raise the minimum wage to $13 by 2020.

St. Louis joins several other major U.S. cities in setting its own wage minimum. The federal rate is $7.25. Missouri's minimum wage is $7.65.

The vote on the issue met an important deadline. In July, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a bill that would have blocked cities from raising the minimum wage beyond the state's level. Lawmakers could override Nixon's veto during a special September session.

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[Gore1FL]

1. If that spreads to the county, it'll mean much more.

The city comprises 20-30% of St. Louis' population.

[Humanist_Activist]

2. True, I live in the county(barely), and my workplace is based in the county(St. Ann), hopefully....

it will spread to the county but I'm not holding my breathe, county sometimes lags behind city on policies such as this. Look at how long its taking for any type of expansion of the Metrolink, though that might finally change.