Tag: attack on workers
Workers Win: Missouri Supreme Court rules Paycheck Deception (HB 1413) unconstitutional
Missouri AFL-CIO statement on ruling that eliminates government overreach into the lives of Missouri workers
Jefferson City, MO - The Missouri Supreme Court has declared...
Paycheck Deception approved for public-sector
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Anti-worker forces in the Missouri Legislature took square aim at public sector employees by forcing through a paycheck deception bill that will...
Prevailing Wage repeal will hurt small contractors, workers
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
The Missouri Legislature has approved legislation changing the state’s prevailing wage law so that it will apply only to projects costing more...
MO House endorses barriers to union dues collection
Paycheck deception measure would require public employees to annually reauthorize paying dues through paycheck withholdings
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – The GOP controlled Missouri House...
Hypocrisy to workers in full view in Greitens’ State of the...
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
In a masterstroke of hypocrisy, Gov. Eric Greitens’ State of the State speech Jan. 10 stressed the need to support Missouri’s working...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: Beware the next effort to screw workers: Constitutional...
Let’s see: The Missouri Republican-controlled legislature has so far voted to:
Drive down workers’ wages, safe working conditions and ultimately their benefits with the...
OPINION: Missouri lawmakers send ban on Project Labor Agreements to Greitens
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – Missouri lawmakers continued their assault on workers recently with the House sending a Senate bill banning Project Labor Agreements...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: PLA ban will kill workers’ wages, lower quality...
This is the first installment of a new column that I will periodically write to focus on issues — politics, events, people — that...
‘Change’ election to bring RTW to Missouri
By TIM ROWDEN Editor & ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher
Americans voted for change.
For Missourians that change will begin with a serious and unrelenting attack on workers.
The...