Tag: Election 2016
Duckworth: Fight now for democracy
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – This election is about whether America will remain a functioning democracy, U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth said in a...
Sheila Simon wins Labor, newspaper endorsements for state Senate
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Carbondale, IL – One of Illinois’ great political families continues on in the Nov. 8 election as former Lt. Gov. Sheila...
Most outrageous ad yet attacks Mathis
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Gillespie, IL – This election has been full of misleading and false claims about legislative candidates, but the most outrageous attack...
Metro-East AFL-CIO Nov. 8 COPE endorsements
Here are the Metro-East AFL-CIO COPE endorsements for the Nov. 8 general election.
UFCW’s Perrone: Ready to rollback your wages, living standards?
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
You have to decide if you want to roll back your own wages and your living standards because that’s what will happen in...
AFL-CIO’s Gebre: ‘America is about expanding democracy, not about shrinking it’
Union, faith leaders, voting rights activists mobilize to defeat Amendment 6
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre was in St. Louis Saturday, Oct....
Hummel kicks off campaign for 4th District Senate seat
As Missouri House minority leader, he led efforts to defeat RTW, paycheck deception
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
A recent campaign kickoff for Missouri State Representative Jake Hummel,...
Don’t miss your chance to vote – early, absentee options available
Election Day is fast approaching, and with it those crazy long lines, but there is still time to get your ballot out of the...
Kander, Blunt debate shows stark differences; Blunt not responding to more...
Branson, MO – Secretary of State Jason Kander, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, demonstrated the stark contrast between his vision for a new generation of...
Anti-worker state Rep Vescovo retaliates against worker-friendly challenger Butler in District...
Rob Vescovo files Sunshine request seeking Robert Butler’s wife’s work emails
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) apparently didn’t appreciate his worker-friendly challenger in the...