Tag: opinion
OPINION: ‘The Right has a greater appreciation of Labor’s Role than...
Can Democrats figure out how to get unions back into the equation in 2020?
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
Even as many Democrats appear to accept Organized Labor’s...
OPINION – In praise of parents, and other nurturers, who labor...
By KEITH MORGAN
Pastor, Country Club UMC, Kansas City
With the month of May comes Mother’s Day and then in June comes Father’s Day. Being a...
OPINION: Legislators’ contempt for voters is on display once again
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board
And here we go again. GOP state legislators, having already moved to undo the clearly expressed will of...
OPINION: Union brother speaks up to Congress about effort to pass...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Republicans in the U.S. Congress are pushing to pass a national anti-union “right-to-work”(RTW) law. As part of their effort, the National Right...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: Have you lost your job to an illegal,...
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
ATTENTION READERS:
I would like to talk with a reader who lost their job as a result of an undocumented immigrant taking it....
Opinion: Unions have advanced policies important to women
By LISA PICKER
Unions play an important role in helping to provide access to fair wages and good jobs for working women and their families.
On...
OPINION: Your work is no joke
By DARIN GILLEY
Financial Secretary
UAW Local 2250
A white male, a black female, a Native American, an elderly gentleman, a bald lesbian and an ex-convict walk...
Guest opinions: Rep. Shamed Dogan’s anti-worker, pro-RTW screed is a total...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Missouri State Representative Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) recently wrote a distorted, pro- “right-to-work” opinion piece for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch critical of unions’...
Opinion: On the side of working people
By STEPHEN WEBBER
Chair, Missouri Democratic Party
As a Marine infantryman fighting in Fallujah, danger came from every direction. As we patrolled through the city, each...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: House Republicans caught in the act
It’s the TV ad few saw, but it said so much.
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the House Republicans were supposed to announce their vaunted “wonderful...