Not on your life. The attack on your ability to collectively bargain is just one of a series of substantial efforts to take away your ability to provide for your family.
No one wants to go to court, but when they must, they expect a balanced table not tilted toward anyone. The imbalance is sought by changing the way our appellate judges are chosen, and the current rumor is…
Read MoreIn short, multi-millionaires, including out of state billionaires, want to take away your ability to benefit from job safety, job security and a fair wage. Unions have historically been responsible for improvements in those areas, but all taxpayers benefit from the raising of the standard of living and safety whether union members or not.
Read MoreMuch has been aired in the national media about the West Virginia Teachers’ strike. Predictable reactions include union bashing. But that didn’t work. Instead, what started as a protest in the coal counties only soon spread across the state.
Read MorePresident Trump is ridiculed by the Associated General Contractors of America, a group which in 2016 contributed over $761,000 to federal political candidates, 93% of which went to republicans. At a July 2017 convention of its membership, a presentation by its chief lobbyist, in an internal presentation [1], mocked the president…
Read MoreBefore the United States Supreme Court is what scholars are calling the case of a Century as far as unions are concerned. “So what?” you say.
If you and I live in the same neighborhood with twenty other families, chances are we have a homeowners association. Paid dues support common services, like snow removal, common area mowing, trash pick up to name a few…
Read MoreBesides traditional attacks on collective bargaining, Missouri’s legislature has been busy in ways which can be very bad for you, your family and your friends and neighbors. This summary is of legislation pending which if passed, can cause considerable inequalities and inequities.
Read MoreFor several years, the Carpenters have been out front in drawing attention to wage theft via 1099 misclassification, i.e., independent contractor versus employee. A recent Politico piece illustrates that…
Read MoreIn one of the most comprehensive and illuminating writings tracing the struggle for protecting workers from the losses caused by occupational injury, Professor Emily Speiler’s recent work is epic.
Read MoreIt has been an honor to serve as AWL’s President. I am inspired every day by the women of this organization. They are strong, smart, passionate, committed, and they seem to do it all. Tricia Scaglia will take over as President in 2018. She is one of those women.
Read MoreWe are proud to represent the families of fallen heroes, and in particular, Stacy Byrne. Her driving concern is that through making public her husband’s struggle with cancer, it will serve to shed light on the risks that firefighters face every call.
Read MoreThinking about Veterans’ Day and how I feel about it caused me to remember some Vets in particular, each of whom is a hero to me.
Read MoreMissouri union supporters have reason to be upbeat about the prospect of repealing a state law banning mandatory union dues: History is on their side.
Read More“Union bosses…” Representative Holly Rehder uses that phrase in her attempt to denigrate over 310,000 Missourians whose efforts to repudiate once and for all the misnamed Right to Work law through the initiative referendum process.
Read MoreMissouri labor unions were successful in getting enough signatures to all but guarantee the state’s new right-to-work law won’t go into effect a week from now as Gov. Eric Greitens had planned.
Read MoreSo called “Right-to-Work” and the attack on prevailing wage laws in Missouri diminish the pool of qualified, trained workers who undergo an apprenticeship in the Trades.
Read MoreThis act could lead to federal law overruling state law that has higher safety requirements or common law protections for citizens.
Read MoreThis case is a very strong example of why class actions are important. Taurus guns, made in Brazil, had a problem: they tended to fire when dropped…
Read MoreMissouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is taking an important and necessary step in the ongoing effort to address the opioid drug crisis…
Read MoreAs organized labor leaders negotiate new contracts, they should be wary of an emboldened employer tactic seeking waivers of employee participation in class actions against the employer…
Read MoreThis letter to the editor from John B. Boyd appears in the Kansas City Star.
When Missouri’s legislature passed a bill with the false slogan “right to work,” it was not representing the interests of working Missourians.
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