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Which Side Are They On? Trump’s GOP Is Blocking Wage Hikes For 20.7 Million Workers

If Trump’s Republicans were serious about lifting a finger to help working people they would immediately vote to raise the minimum wage.

That’s because in the 21 states with $7.25 an hour minimum wage, an average of 36.8 percent of the workforce would get raises IF the minimum wage were raised.

Labor Department Moves To Take Away Overtime Pay Eligibility From Millions

On Wednesday Trump’s Labor Department took the first step to take overtime pay eligibility away from millions of workers. An Obama administration overtime rule expanded overtime eligibility for so-called “managerial” workers. Before Obama these workers making more than $23,000 a year couldn’t get overtime pay. The Obama rule expanded that salary threshold up to to $47,000. Millions of people earning between $23,000 and $47,000 would get overtime pay under Obama’s rule.

State Republicans Cut Wages For Poorest Workers In St. Louis

The lowest-wage workers in St. Louis are getting a pay-cut, thanks to Republicans in the Missouri legislature.  After the city passed an increase in the minimum wage to ten dollars an hour in 2015, the legislators passed a so-called “pre-emption” law, which prevents municipalities from setting a minimum wage any higher than that of the state.  This will result in St.

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