Belkis Cabrera has worked as a custodian at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for 16 years. Each time she and her co-workers earn a merit raise, she said, increasing healthcare costs and inflation swallow it. “We are not asking for much, just respect and enough pay to get by,” Cabrera said through an interpreter at […]
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Worker groups seek common ground on proposed new Royals ballpark
Two weeks after a public meeting broke down in jeers, Mayor Quinton Lucas invited Kansas City worker groups to talk. Here’s what they agree on — and what they don’t.