Elizabeth in China » Missouri http://www.elizabethinchina.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Raising the Minimum Wage in Missouri http://www.elizabethinchina.com/2006/10/19/raising-the-minimum-wage-in-missouri/ http://www.elizabethinchina.com/2006/10/19/raising-the-minimum-wage-in-missouri/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:00:18 +0000 Elizabeth http://www.elizabethinchina.com/2006/10/19/raising-the-minimum-wage-in-missouri/ Give Missourians a Raise on PBS NewshourFunny, my head is back in Missouri these days. There’s a ballot measure in the upcoming election to raise the state minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.50, and continue to raise the minimum wage inline with inflation rates.

I’ve been working for the “Give Missourians a Raise” coalition doing their web design. I’m so pleased that I can still be a part of things back home. Makes me feel useful.

“Give Missourians a Raise” was just featured in a headline story on PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Very exciting to see that kind of nation coverage on this issue:

It would be nice to find some way to be useful in Kunming.

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