Tony Pecinovsky

Tony Pecinovsky is the author of "Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA" and author/editor of "Faith In The Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA." His forthcoming book is titled "The Cancer of Colonialism: W. Alphaeus Hunton, Black Liberation, and the Daily Worker, 1944-1946." Pecinovsky has appeared on C-SPAN’s "Book TV" and speaks regularly on college and university campuses across the country.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky

Labor

Missouri janitors fight poverty wages
November 21, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
The janitors wore giant back and white photos draped around their chests and back as they marched and chanted "What's disgusting? Union busting! What's outrageous? Poverty wages!"
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U.S.

MO AFL-CIO Convention: Focus on elections and ballot initiatives
September 11, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
"There couldn't be a clearer choice. The up-coming November elections are about two very different and distinct paths for our country."
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U.S.

Across Missouri, protests against payday loan decision
September 6, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
The St. Louis rally was held simultaneously with other rallies in Kansas City and Jefferson City, the Missouri state capital.
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U.S.

Akin just said out loud what fellow Republicans think
August 23, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin stirred up a storm when he said, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
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Labor

Missiouri, workers, faithful fight for better minimum wage
July 25, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
"The labor movement and the faith community are joined at the hip."
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Labor

Campaign underway to require paid sick time in Orlando
July 12, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
While only 42,000 signatures are required to get the initiative on the ballot, the coalition hopes to submit 52,000.
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Labor

Caregivers push for a voice at senior home
June 14, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Willson has gone two years without a raise. She currently makes $9.39 an-hour, while caring for senior citizens.
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Labor

Missourians file 350,000 signatures for higher minimum wage
May 8, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Labor, community and faith allies, along with low-wage workers have something to be excited about here in the Show-Me-State.
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