Tag: opinion
OPINION: Clean Missouri must survive, as is
By JACK DANFORTH
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Turning their backs on Missouri voters yet again, the Republicans last week voted to ‘Dirty Up Missouri Politics’ by voting...
OPINION: Martin Luther King Jr. predicted this moment
The coronavirus shows us clearer than ever before that ‘all labor has dignity.’
By GENE B. SPERLING
Fifty-two years ago, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
OPINION: To understand the danger of COVID-19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants,...
By MICHAEL HAEDICKE
Associate Professor of Sociology
Drake University
Large meatpacking plants have become hotspots for coronavirus infection, along with jails and nursing homes. As of May...
OPINION: Thank a union member for your safe drinking water
By ALLAN J. BATHON
President
Utility Workers Union of America Local 335
May 3-9, was designated Drinking Water Week by the American Water Works Association. The goal...
IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Labor’s Priest, Fr. Richard Creason
By FR. GERRY KLEBA
Pastor, St. Cronan’s Catholic Church
Father Richard H. Creason, the Labor priest who embodied Catholic social teaching, died on March 31, 2020...
YOUR LETTERS: An open letter to Gov. Parson and Congressman Luetkemeyer
Dear Governor Parson and Congressman Luetkemeyer,
I have reviewed your published Show Me Strong Recovery plan and was pleased to learn we will be, “Looking...
OPINION: Missouri Republicans propose destroying CLEAN MO
Final vote expected shortly. Call your rep NOW
By BRANDON FLINN
Business Manager
Missouri-Kansas Laborers District Council
In the middle of an unprecedented public health crisis, a...
OPINION: Safety first: Working people’s plan for reopening the economy the...
By RICHARD TRUMKA
President
AFL-CIO
The coronavirus pandemic continues to pose an unprecedented threat to our lives and livelihoods. Right now, the greatest mistake we can make...
OPINION: The coronavirus economy: Labor got it right
By DARIN GILLEY
Financial Secretary
UAW Local 2250
In the spring of the year 2000, America’s largest federation of Labor unions – the AFL-CIO, held a national...
OPINION: Who’s an ‘essential’ worker?
Hint: It’s not the boss
By MARK GRUENBERG
PAI Union News
Who’s an “essential worker” in a time of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutdowns, financial decline...
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