Rain or Shine – Standing with American Postal Workers
As President Trump threatened the integrity of our elections by sabotaging the postal service, MO JWJ mobilized with the American Postal Workers Union to “Save the Post Office” and demand a reversal in the policies causing mail delays and to support an investment of funds to support a strong postal service. We showed up across […]
A Win Against Predatory Lending in Springfield
Building off years of coalition-building and organizing, the Springfield-Ozarks’ Workers’ Rights Board and member organization Missouri Faith Voices successfully lobbied the Springfield City Council to pass an ordinance to regulate predatory payday lenders who operate in Springfield city limits. For months, City Council stalled on this important issue with some members parroting back payday loan […]
Expanding Medicaid to 230,000 Missourians
Since as far back as 2005, Missouri has had some of the lowest eligibility rates for medicaid in the nation. Our low rates have left hundreds of thousands of families without a lifeline in times of vulnerability, leading to unnecessary suffering and tragic early loss of life. As dozens of other states took advantage of […]
