Kansas City Star: Advocacy grows for low-wage workers
By Diane Stafford
Kansas City Star, July 24, 2013
On a day when President Barack Obama spoke in favor of a higher minimum wage, a small group of worker advocates in Kansas City issued a similar call.
“We’re telling real people’s stories,” said the Rev. Donna Simon, pastor of St. Mark Hope & Peace Lutheran Church at 3800 Troost Ave. “Most people are surprised to hear about the difficulty of living on $15,000 a year.”
That’s about what a federal minimum-wage earner makes, working 40 hours a week for $7.25 an hour. That’s been the...