March 2, 2017
Published by wearemo at March 2, 2017
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Thanks for taking the time to contact your legislator. Your phone will soon ring and you’ll be connected directly to the capitol switchboard. Please be polite, […]
May 16, 2016
Published by Kevin at May 16, 2016
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From Labor Tribune: The Missouri Senate’s recent vote sustaining Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a paycheck deception bill has proved that one vote really can make […]
April 25, 2016
Published by Kevin at April 25, 2016
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From Truth-Out: My dad has always been afraid of flying. Even when we had the money, he preferred driving, which was a challenge considering we lived […]
April 7, 2016
Published by Kevin at April 7, 2016
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From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch On March 29, as the so-called “paycheck protection” bill passed by the Missouri Legislature on March 3 sat in the Missouri […]
April 4, 2016
Published by Kevin at April 4, 2016
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From the Labor Tribune Following Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the Missouri Legislature’s paycheck deception bill (HB 1891) Missouri Labor leaders and volunteers have been conducting […]
March 30, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 30, 2016
From the Missouri Times JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Swathes of orange and yellow stood alongside patches of red and green and almost every other color of the […]
March 24, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 24, 2016
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From the Labor Tribune: Jefferson City – After helping to lead a filibuster in the Missouri Senate to try to stop the anti-union, anti-worker paycheck deception […]
March 21, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 21, 2016
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From the Labor Tribune: For the 6th year in a row, Missourians are strongly opposed to the phony right-to-work law, the most recent poll conducted by […]
March 18, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 18, 2016
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From KC Star/AP: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would require public employees to give annual written consent before union […]
March 17, 2016
Published by Grace at March 17, 2016
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A simple handwritten letter is a very effective way to get lawmakers’ attention in Jefferson City. It doesn’t take much time–just a few sentences and that’s it. Please print […]
March 17, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 17, 2016
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From Labor Tribune: By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent In Missouri, legislative discussion and voting on measures is unpredictable. It can take days for a bill to hit […]
March 9, 2016
From PR Watch: ALEC Continued to Cash in on Kids in 2015 and Beyond Despite widespread public opposition to the corporate-driven education privatization agenda, at least […]
March 7, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 7, 2016
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From Missourinet: The Missouri House of Representatives has voted to send to Governor Jay Nixon (D) a bill alternately called “paycheck protection” by supporters and “paycheck […]
March 3, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 3, 2016
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From the Labor Tribune: Jefferson City – (UPDATED) The Missouri Legislature has passed a paycheck deception bill, despite a concerted effort by Labor leaders and worker-friendly […]
March 1, 2016
Published by Kevin at March 1, 2016
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From Labor Tribune: By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – The Missouri House last week passed, by a veto-proof majority, a paycheck deception measure targeting public sector […]
February 29, 2016
From PR Watch: Ford Motor Company confirmed to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that it is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council […]
February 26, 2016
February 25, 2016
Published by Kevin at February 25, 2016
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From Labor Tribune: Last week, Missouri lawmakers voted a disingenuous paycheck deception measure out of the House and sent the bill (HB 1891) to the Senate. […]
February 22, 2016
From Labor Tribune: Jefferson City – GOP lawmakers in the Missouri Legislature have opened a new front in their anti-worker attacks focusing on the building trades […]
February 15, 2016
Published by Kevin at February 15, 2016
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From the Labor Tribune: Refutes efforts by Rauner to do the same thing A U.S. federal judge has ruled in a Kentucky case that efforts similar […]
January 28, 2016
Published by Kevin at January 28, 2016
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From Working America: Since 2010, right-wing governors and legislators have attacked workers’ rights across the Midwest. These attacks have come in different forms: from stripping public […]
August 18, 2015
Published by Kevin at August 18, 2015
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With less than a month before Missouri lawmakers return to Jefferson City to consider a veto override of ALEC’s so-called “Right to Work” legislation, more Americans […]
July 1, 2015
Published by Web Team at July 1, 2015
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Opposition to ALEC’s so-called ‘right to work’ is and always has been bipartisan. Because RTW legislation would lower wages for all working Missourians. It is disappointing […]
June 4, 2015
Published by Web Team at June 4, 2015
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From the Post-Dispatch: ST. LOUIS • Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Thursday vetoed a controversial “right-to-work” bill, calling it a threat to unionized workers and wages. “For generations, the […]
May 23, 2015
From The Washington Post: The vote was chaotic, with Republicans breaking age-old protocols to end a Democratic filibuster as the end of the session approached. The bill passed, but […]
April 22, 2015
Published by Web Team at April 22, 2015
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Brand new report from the Economic Policy Institute: In this paper, we update that research and subject the results to a series of robustness tests. We […]
April 21, 2015
Published by Web Team at April 21, 2015
“It’s kind of ironic that seven of the bottom ten states in per capita income are right to work states. If people say that it won’t […]
April 21, 2015
Published by Web Team at April 21, 2015
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From The Missouri Times: [Senate Pro Tem Tom] Dempsey also told host Scott Faughn that he would be placing the controversial Right-to-Work legislation that passed the […]
February 13, 2014
Published by Web Team at February 13, 2014
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The New York Times – February 8, 2014 The political posturing over raising the minimum wage sometimes obscures the huge and growing number of low-wage workers […]