Tony Pecinovsky
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky
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Missouri groups fight anti-equality bills
February 17, 2011JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - "The Republicans want to undermine and turn back the clock on equal rights," state Rep. Karla May told activists and reporters as they packed into a state Capitol hearing room.
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Right-wing “blizzard narrative” is anti-worker snow job
February 2, 2011As a massive winter storm pounds much of the country, the tea party/Republicans are pushing a disastrous narrative: strangle vital public services, like snowplowing, then blame public workers and their unions.
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Black unionists link MLK Day with action
January 19, 2011Over 200 people attended the 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Award Banquet here on Jan. 17
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“Thank God for the union”: Labor leads on community aid
January 14, 2011With the increased attacks on unions from the right wing, it's more important than ever to note just how much organized labor does for the community.
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“Show-Me Solutions” are no solution, Missouri lawmaker says
January 7, 2011Missouri's new Republican House leader declared a Republican mandate for a "change in the culture of how we operate," but a freshman lawmaker thinks otherwise.
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Workers bracing for “right-to-work” assault
December 6, 2010The right-wing Republican agenda is becoming more apparent as we inch closer and closer to January 2011 and the start of the new legislative session.
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Tea party movement’s new politics: dangerous shape-shifting
November 30, 2010The usual norms of political discourse would emphasize a party's ability to ask pertinent questions and provide salient answers; to probe facts, poll members and seek solutions based largely on consensus or majority sentiment. Today's politics...
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Amy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
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