Lt. Gov. Kehoe visits Giving Gardens to kick off Buy Missouri Week
Buy Missouri Week encourages citizens to support businesses who create, produce, promote and sell goods made in the state.
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Buy Missouri Week encourages citizens to support businesses who create, produce, promote and sell goods made in the state.
Laura Taylor, from Phelps County Industrial Solutions (PCI Solutions) in Rolla, was among 40 workshop managers and staff who had a chance to show their work to Missouri leaders during
Missouri leaders unveiled a new partnership Tuesday aimed at strengthening the state's manufacturing workforce and job opportunities for Missourians with developmental disabilities.
Sheltered workshops are supposed to be temporary. In Missouri, they’re long-term employment at subminimum wages.
Sheltered workshops are meant to employ disabled adults as they prepare to enter the regular workforce. In Missouri, these workers rarely graduate to higher-paying jobs.