Organizers, legislators arrested in St. Louis during sit-in protest for $15 wage for union janitors
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The fight for a living wage (or at least, the fight to get closer to one) continues today in St. Louis, Missouri. Union organizers and local officials gathered for a peaceful protest to back the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 JanitorOrganizers, legislators arrested in St. Louis during sit-in protest for $15 wage for union janitors
The fight for a living wage (or at least, the fight to get closer to one) continues today in St. Louis, Missouri. Union organizers and local officials gathered for a peaceful protest to back the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 Janitors in their fight for at least a $15 hourly wage. The St. Louis American reports that about 20 protesters, including local officials, were arrested by police while blocking streets in downtown St. Louis. Of note, Alderman Megan Green was arrested in an orchestrated arrest, as KMOX reports. According to a press release, janitors currently make as little as $10 an hour. In Missouri, the minimum wage across the state increases to $9.45 an hour in 2020, but he janitors’ contracts expired early this January without an increase for more than 2,000 workers. Read more