By Hannah Falcon
KMOV-TV (First Alert 4) Jefferson City, Oct 28, 2024. Also KY3-TV (Springfield), KFVS-TV (Cape Girardeau), WGEM-TV (Quincy, IL), KAIT-TV (Jonesboro, AR).
There is only one week left for Missourians to vote on whether or not to increase the minimum wage and require paid sick leave.
If you walk into Pasta La Fata in Columbia, you’d hear Italian music over the speakers, smell the sauce cooking, and see a young worker making fresh noodles. This brick-and-mortar restaurant is the dream come true of owner Michelle La Fata. Her team of employees is important to La Fata, which is why she supports the Missouri proposition to raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave.
“I think that it will make people feel very valued, and that people who are working in minimum wage positions probably don’t feel valued,” La Fata said. ...
La Fata said she likes the sick leave policy in Prop A so much that she plans to implement it whether it passes or not. ...
"In my experience, when I pay people more and they feel valued, they have a lower turnover rate.”