President Donald Trump bribed a vote out of Missouri Congressman Billy Long for the American Health Care Act – the “replacement” of the Affordable Care Act. The man with funny hair agreed to Long’s proposal to add $8 billion, over Read More …
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Community Issues
Missourians for Single Payer Health Care
The articles below are taken from the MoSP (Missouri Single Payer) Winter 2017 Newsletter. Their newsletters are available in PDF format at http://mosp.us/newsletters.htm Reflections on the Women’s March in DC What surprised me most about the Women’s March on January 22 Read More …
IBEW Hosts Petition Training to Stop RTW
On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, the union hall of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #1 was the site of a comprehensive training program designed to challenge the passage of the Right to Work legislation in Missouri. Both union Read More …
St. Louis March for Science on Earth Day
Despite poor weather predictions, several thousand in St. Louis joined others across the world, marching in support of science on Earth Day, April 22, 2017. The March began at Union Station, processed down Market Street and ended at Luther Ely Read More …
Missouri House Passes Prevailing Wage Repeal
This article was published in the Labor Tribune on April 10, 2017 and may be found here. Missouri House passes Prevailing Wage repeal Speaker denies Democrats opportunity to speak on the measure BY TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – When Read More …
Smoke As Value
The other day Wall Street declared that Tesla, as a company, is worth more than Ford. Not a surprise: according to the Motley Fool and others, the most valuable companies in the world are Apple and Alphabet (Google), followed Read More …