VOTING ‘NO’ ON PROP. A: Painters and Allied Trades District Council 58’s Otto Schoenberg (left) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1’s Bernie Ryan are voting NO on Proposition A to defeat the phony “right-to-work” in Missouri. We Are Missouri, the coalition of workers and allies working to defeat the measure, had yard signs and stickers available...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois legislators have approved creating a unit in the attorney general’s office and a related task force to protect workers caught up in the “underground economy” of low wages and unsafe and unfair conditions.
But as of last week, Governor Bruce Rauner had not taken action on the Workers Protection Unit and Work Protection Task...
Springfield, IL – A pair of bills sponsored by state Representative Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) would give preference to Illinois manufactured goods when state agencies make purchases.
The bills, House Bills 4574 and 4575, passed the House State Government Committee on 4-2 votes. The bills require that state agencies must purchase Illinois manufactured goods when making any type of purchase of goods.
Other...
Washington (PAI) – A new Supreme Court ruling against a small group of workers – auto dealership service advisors – could blow a big hole in which workers nationwide are eligible to get overtime pay, a top union attorney warns.
That’s because the April 17 opinion in Encino Motorcars v Navarro gives the Labor Department wide latitude to decide which...
On April 24, the Missouri AFL-CIO hosted the annual Workers Memorial event in Jefferson City.
A crowd of 150 workers and families gathered to honor those workers who lost their lives over the past year due to on- the-job injuries, occupational illnesses and senseless on-the-job murders.
The event was held just hours after a Kansas City, MO, utility worker was shot...
Following Supervalu Inc.’s announcement that the company will sell its 36 mostly St. Louis area Shop ’n Save stores, the presidents of three United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) locals are vowing to fight to protect good union jobs at the stores.
UFCW Locals 655, 881 and 88 represent approximately 3,300 Shop ’n Save employees and about 46,000 combined members...
Jefferson City – An anti-worker effort to move the "right-to-work" referendum Proposition A is advancing in the Missouri Legislature.
The House Economic Development Committee voted 8-4 along party lines Tuesday, April 24, to move the statewide vote on RTW (Proposition A) from the November general election to the August primary, when fewer voters traditionally go to the polls.
The proposal is...
School funding, teachers’ salaries are lowest in RTW states, and kids suffer for it
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
“This fight has always been about more than wages; it’s about the kids... Funding public education adequately is a fight that we must win because it’s the right thing for our kids, for our economy and for America.”
– Ed Allen, president, Oklahoma City American...
His choice of gubernatorial candidates reveals a pattern
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Joplin, MO - David Humphreys, the billionaire CEO of TAMKO Building Products, considers himself Missouri’s conservative king maker, but he doesn’t have a very good record buying first-tier political candidates.
You have to question the judgment of a purchaser who lavishes money on candidates willing to be seduced by unlimited campaign...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – Two years ago, Josh Hawley, a major benefactor of RTW-backer David Humphreys’ campaign funds, pledged to “create a corruption unit to tackle misuse of public office” in Jefferson City as part of “a series of ethics-related policies” he proposed during his run for Attorney General.
But since taking office, Hawley, the Republican frontrunner to challenge...