Jeff City Misery – A Legislative Update

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the current legislative session on working people in Missouri, featuring insights from state representatives and a segment on workers' rights.

This year’s legislative session may leave working people in a state of Misery, their rights assaulted, with fewer public services and less funding for public schools, and their pockets fleeced as the legislature substitutes high sales taxes for the state income tax. This week on the Heartland Labor we’ll get the latest on what the legislature is doing from Missouri House Representatives Mark Sharp and Kemp Strickler and from Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck. Our feature is Know Your Rights with Michael Amash.

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Sharp, Kemp Strickler, Doug Beck

Topics covered

• legislative update
• workers' rights
• public services
• education funding
• tax policy

Keywords

• legislation
• Missouri
• workers' rights
• public schools
• taxes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heartland Labor Forum, KKFI 90.1 FM Kansas City Community Radio

Places: Missouri

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