Missouri
Big business behind Rick Perry’s push in Missouri
August 28, 2013Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.
Read moreNLRB judge: Firm’s ‘arbitration agreement’ with workers can’t ban appeals to board
August 22, 2013The ban violates the worker's labor law rights, ALJ Melissa Olivero ruled on August 14 in a case involving Fort Lauderdale-based Everglades University.
Read moreMissouri state workers lobby day
March 28, 2013"They want to take away your right to support your union. They don't want us to be here."
Read moreGovernor calls unions the voice of American workers
March 26, 2013"We live in a time in which more and more capital is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told union delegates at the AFL-CIO Labor Legislative Conference.
Read moreMissouri coalition standing up for immigrant rights
March 8, 2013"We have to do things that welcome immigrants to our state," Vanessa Crawford, executive director of MIRA, told members and activists from all over Missouri.
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