Congress: It’s Time to Raise the Wage!

Add Your Name Congress: it’s past time to raise the minimum wage. I stand with workers demanding $15/hr and a union so everyone can support their families and be respected at work. Agree? Add your name now. Add Your Name: Sponsored By: MOJWJ Voter Action

Tell Governor Parson to #StandwithWorkers During Covid

Add Your Name Thousands of essential Missouri workers are working every day and coming into contact with the public. These workers–no matter what field they work in–need: Priority access to COVID-19 treatment and testing Access to Personal Protective Equipment Access to child care Thousands more Missouri workers have been forced out of work by this […]

Fighting Union Busting at Goodwill

Fed up with workplace favoritism, sick of low wages, and poor benefits, clerks at the MERS Goodwill store in the St. Louis suburb of Festus formed a union in 2019, joining UFCW Local 655. For over a year MERS Goodwill stalled in negotiating a first contract, and then pivoted to spreading misinformation about UFCW, spurring […]

More than 532,000 Missouri Workers to Benefit from Increased Minimum Wage

“More money in our paychecks could not come at a better time,” says Cathy Sherwin of St. Louis who has been a student and working part-time in fast food and at a dollar store since 2019. “This year, my co-workers and I have all been called ‘essential workers’ but still are only paid the minimum […]