Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28.

Kehoe, who also signed a package of tax breaks Thursday, described the paid sick leave law as an onerous mandate that imposed burdensome record-keeping.

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    20 hours ago

    I feel like this should spark revolution. God forbid the working man have something nice. This is proof that you can make a change, but without support/approval of the elites they just pull some bullshit like this. I hope Missouri replaces every single person in their legislature, senate, and capitol, and they should feel lucky that loosing their job is all that happens to them.