Tag: opinion
OPINION: Jobless rate lowest in half a century
By ALEX HENDERSON
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the United States unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent in March, meaning the...
One Man’s View: ‘What if it was your kid?’
NBA Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr summed up the controversy over sensible gun safety measures and reducing gun violence in America last week...
OPINION: Another failed legislative year
By DAVID A. COOK
President
UFCW Local 655
By the time you’re reading this the Missouri legislative session for 2022 will be complete. This year will go...
OPINION: The Initiative Petition process in Missouri is under attack
Politicians want to change it to silence our voices
By RICHARD VON GLAHN
Policy Director
Missouri Jobs with Justice
One-hundred-fifteen years ago, Missourians saw fit to enshrine the...
OPINION: Top 10 things to happen for Missouri Labor in 2021
By STEPHEN WEBBER
Political Director
Missouri AFL-CIO
Grinding through the second year of the pandemic has been tough for everyone. Living in a state with an anti-union...
OPINION – ‘Amazon won’t let us leave:’ Tornado creates modern Triangle...
By C.J. ATKINS
“Amazon won’t let us leave.” That was the last message 46-year-old Larry Virden sent his girlfriend on the evening of Dec. 10.
A...
OPINION: A ‘Thank you’ will go a long way
By DAVID COOK
President
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655
Anyone who walks into a grocery store this month will see the obvious: this is the...
OPINION: The strike wave shows the tight Labor market is ready...
By JONAH FURMAN and GABRIEL WINANT
Shortly before midnight on Oct. 13, production workers at a John Deere facility in Waterloo, Iowa, started shutting down...
OPINION: Union popularity is at an all-time high — so what...
We must prioritize organizing; leadership is the key
By DAVID COOK
President
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655
There was a rare moment of good news (last)...
OPINION: A century after the Battle of Blair Mountain, protecting workers’...
By DAVE KEMPER
One hundred years ago last week, in the late summer of 1921, at least 7,000 West Virginia coal miners affiliated with the...