(AP) – Protesters in St. Louis have used a news conference setting to
express their anger at Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens for his decision to allow a
law to take effect next month that returns the city’s minimum wage back to the
state minimum.The Republican spoke Monday at an outdoor news conference to announce a plan
to reduce violent crime in the city he called the most dangerous in the United
States. Among other things, the plan calls for a special operations unit of the
Missouri State Highway Patrol to target interstate highways in St. Louis in an
effort to find violent criminals.
express their anger at Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens for his decision to allow a
law to take effect next month that returns the city’s minimum wage back to the
state minimum.The Republican spoke Monday at an outdoor news conference to announce a plan
to reduce violent crime in the city he called the most dangerous in the United
States. Among other things, the plan calls for a special operations unit of the
Missouri State Highway Patrol to target interstate highways in St. Louis in an
effort to find violent criminals.
But Greitens’ message was often drowned out by about two dozen protesters,
many holding signs in support of the $10 minimum wage approved by aldermen in
2015. The law took effect in May.
State lawmakers this year passed a measure prohibiting local minimum wages and
nullifying any already in effect. The St. Louis minimum reverts to $7.70
effective Aug. 28.
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