Missouri Capitol Rally Vows to Fight for Paid Sick Leave, Defeat Abortion Ban
Protestors hold up signs criticizing Missouri lawmakers’ recent votes to overturn ballot measures passed in 2024 during a rally on the Missouri Capitol steps Thursday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).
Hundreds gathered at the Capitol to protest GOP lawmakers voting to repeal a new paid sick leave law and send an abortion ban back to the voters May 15, 2025--When Missouri voters approved a ballot measure last November to provide paid sick leave to hundreds of thousands of workers, Andi Phillips felt hopeful.
Gone would be the “complicated math game,” that she says she knew well
