1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

Headline: ‘A literal gut punch’: Missouri workers devastated by Republican repeal of paid sick leave By Michael Sainato in The Guardian “Being sick is a costly business for Bill Thompson, who worked in the fast-food industry in Independence, Missouri, for more than 30 years, and recently worked at Guitar Center until early July, when he was laid off. ‘As an older worker, I have health issues from working on my feet and with my hands for many years with no breaks for eight to 10 hours a day. I have done it for 38 years now, living paycheck to paycheck,’ 54-year-old Thompson said, noting in Missouri workers are not mandated breaks of any kind during work.” Twenty years of Republican governance got us here. YOU got us here. You robbed workers like Bill of pay and dignity that they earned with their labor, and you also robbed all of us who worked to gather petition signatures for Prop A in solidarity with Missourians like Bill. You sided with greed over the health of Missouri workers. Shameful! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/12/missouri-paid-sick-leave-repeal