Another Victory for Working Families: Missouri Jobs with Justice Applauds St. Louis County’s Paid Parental Leave Policy
July 19, 2022 St. Louis County – Missouri Jobs with Justice (MO JWJ) and our partners applaud the St. Louis County Council for adopting paid parental leave for county workers. With a majority 5-2 vote, all St. Louis County employees’ benefits now include 12 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers, up to 80 hours […]
Labor & LGBTQ Solidarity – now & forever
Labor and the LGBTQ+ community have a long history together. From the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement to the present day, our communities have worked side by side to achieve victories for working people of all races, genders, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
Missouri Jobs with Justice Celebrates Paid Family & Medical Leave for St. Louis City Workers
June 16, 2022 MISSOURI – Missouri Jobs with Justice (MO JWJ) and our partners applaud the City of St. Louis for adopting paid family and medical leave for thousands of city workers. After hearing from working families about the difficulties to manage work and family obligations, MO JWJ and other organizations have been mobilizing in […]
Missouri Jobs with Justice Celebrates,
Prepares to Push Forward An Agenda that Works for All Columbians
In response to the election night results where Proposition 1 passed overwhelmingly, Barbara Buffaloe was elected as Columbia’s new mayor, Nick Foster was elected to represent Columbia’s 4th Ward, and the Ward 3 election between Karl Skala and Roy Lovelady remains too close to call, Missouri Jobs with Justice issued the following: “This election is a win […]
Did your state representative vote to repeal Medicaid Expansion?
Did your state representative vote to repeal Medicaid Expansion? Did they vote to uphold the will of the people? Or did they vote to delay and defund Medicaid expansion? Scroll through to find your representative. Previous Next TAKE ACTION NOW: DEFEND MEDICAID EXPANSION *Find the full roll call vote here: https://house.mo.gov/BillTracking/PDFViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/billtracking/bills221/jrnpdf/jrn027.pdf#page=10
MO JWJ Leader & Former Rep. Cora Faith Walker remembered by St. Louis-area leaders, family, and friends
Cora Faith Walker remembered by St. Louis-area leaders, family and friends. County Executive Sam Page.
MO JWJ stands with striking Starbucks workers!
Starbucks workers at the Overland Park store are going ON STRIKE this Saturday, March 19th!These Starbucks workers have already organized a majority at their store, filed for a union election, and will be receiving their ballots this weekend! In typical corporate fashion, Starbucks is trying to bust the union and divide workers. These workers have […]
Get Out The Vote Columbia
April 5, 2022 Election Update Proposition 1 passed in Columbia Barbara Buffaloe was elected Mayor Nick Foster was elected Ward 4 Councilperson In the Ward 3 election, both Roy Lovelady and Karl Skala received 1,102 votes. A special election to fill the seat will take place during Missouri’s Primary Election Day on August 2. On […]
Standing Room Only: Columbia residents pack Neighborhood Town Hall
Ahead of Columbia’s April municipal election, all Mayoral, Ward 3, and Ward 4 candidates were invited to answer questions from workers and sign on to the Neighborhood Pledge COLUMBIA – More than 125 Columbia residents packed the Benton Elementary Gymnasium on Saturday, March 12th to hear from candidates for Columbia City Council Ward 3, Ward […]
The Initiative Petition Process is Under Attack: Politicians want to change it to silence our voices
Richard von Glahn, Policy Director – Special commentary to The St. Louis Labor Tribune One-hundred-fifteen years ago, Missourians saw fit to enshrine the right to direct democracy into our state constitution through the initiative petition process. Doing so was meant to provide citizens a check on our legislature, to make sure our voices would be […]
