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Campaign Finance: free to be a serf

25 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 1 Comment

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campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, right to get paid less, Right to work

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission on behalf of one of the entities promoting the anti-union Proposition A “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

C180291 07/24/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/23/2018 $33,000.00

C180291 07/24/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work GJ Grewe Inc. 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard Suite D St Louis MO 63026 7/23/2018 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

The problem here is that they have to convince enough people to vote for their corporate overlords and against their own interests.

Oh, wait…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: uh, huh… (July 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work, working people

Working people – Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 21 General Fund 5030 1st Ave South Suite 200 Seattle WA 98134 7/24/2018 $22,581.50

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B General Account 141-57Northern Blvd Flushing NY 11354 7/24/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri Operating Engineers Local 148 AFL-CIO 11000 Lin Valle St Louis MO 63123 7/24/2018 $10,240.00

C171127 07/24/2018 We Are Missouri CHIPP Political Account 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 7/24/2018 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity is not just a word they toss around.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone

23 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work, working people

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Elevator Constructors Local No. 3 PAC Fund 5916 Wilson Ave St Louis MO 63110 7/23/2018 $10,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW 8 General Fund 2200 Professional Drive Roseville CA 95661 7/23/2018 $40,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States Gen. Fund 11720 Beltsville Dr #700 Beltsville MD 20705 7/23/2018 $15,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri Plasterer & Cement Masons Local PAC Fund 4656 Baumgartner Rd St Louis MO 63129 7/23/2018 $10,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are MissouriRegion 5 Council of United Food and Commercial Workers 1705 W. Northwest Hwy Suite 150 Grapevine TX 76051 7/23/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri Communication Workers of America 501 Third Street, NW Washington DC 20001 7/23/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri Local 881 UFCW 1350 E Touhy Ave Des Plaines IL 60001 7/23/2018 $34,000.00

C171127 07/23/2018 We Are Missouri Preserve Middle Class America 4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City MO 641307/23/2018 $300,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s solidarity.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us

22 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work, working people

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

171127 07/21/2018 We Are Missouri Pipe Fitters Association Local Union #533 Volunteer Political Fund 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 7/21/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/21/2018 We Are Missouri PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION NO 8 PAC 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 7/21/2018 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

There certainly are more, and we’re going to vote.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference…

20 Friday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commision, organized labor, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work, Solidarity, working people

There’s more of us than there are of them.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of the folks opposed to the anti-union Proposition A “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri Brotherhood of Maintenence of Way Employes Division Gardenbrook Rd Novi MI 48375 7/19/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri United Union of Roofers AFL/CIO Union No. 2 2920 Locust St St Louis MO 63103 7/19/2018 $9,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri Insulators International Non-Federal PAC 9602 Martin Luther King Highway Lanham MD 20706 7/19/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 2008 Interstate 30 Suite A Little Rock AR 72209 7/19/2018 $10,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18 3515 Prospect Avenue Cleveland OH 44115 7/19/2018 $26,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 841 PO Box 2157 Terre Haute IN 47802 7/19/2018 $10,000.00

C171127 07/19/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW District Union Local Two 3951 N. Woodlawn Ct Bel Aire KS 67220 7/19/2018 $30,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s called solidarity – working people supporting working people.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

AFP Missouri: werking peepul in misooree our reely, reely stoopit

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

Americans for Prosperity, mail, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work, right wingnuts

That is the message in the anti-union Proposition A “right to get paid less” campaign mail strategy of Americans for Prosperity – Missouri.

Proposition A would allow workers who don’t want to pay Union dues for the Union representation in their work place to accrue the benefit of that Union representation without paying their fair share for it.

The “right to get paid less” powers that be keep mailing their anti-worker propaganda to Union households:

Chains? Really? What genius thought of that?

Uh, pro-choice, eh? “Freedom to choose” – they can’t believe we’re all that stupid. Well, yes, they can.

Note the state seal (in the gray background) – “United We…Divided We Fall”. That’s a rationale for collective bargaining.

“Right to work” gives some people the right to sponge off of the resources and hard work of their co-workers.

The diversity in the photo is just knocking the message out of the park. Not.

As if this about workers? This is about right wingnut corporatists who don’t want anyone to pay workers meaningful living wages. Period.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

Astroturf propaganda (August 1, 2017)

Since when is an astroturf right wingnut organization truly concerned about the economic welfare of working people? (August 30, 2017)

Whoever gave money to Americans for Prosperity for their anti-Union mailing must really believe working people in Missouri are stupid (October 27, 2017)

AFP Missouri: werking peeple in misooree our stoopit (July 9, 2018)

Campaign Finance: uh, huh…

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

anti-union, initiative, missouri, PAC, right to get paid less, Right to work

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission on behalf of one of the entities promoting the anti-union Proposition A “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

C180291 07/19/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/18/2018 $300,000.00

[emphasis added]

And just who was it who came up with all that money? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, right to get paid less, Right to work, working people

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people on behalf of working people opposed to the anti-union Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/18/2018 We Are Missouri Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local No. 1 General/Dues Check Off Account 3325 Hollenberg Dr Bridgeton MO 63044 7/17/2018 $10,000.00

C171127 07/18/2018 We Are Missouri Cement Masons Union Local No. 527 3341 Hollenberg Dr Bridgeton MO 63044 7/17/2018 $30,000.00

C171127 07/18/2018 We Are Missouri United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 300 Weidman Rd Ballwin Ballwin MO 63011 7/17/2018 $100,000.00

C171127 07/18/2018 We Are Missouri United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC 1775 K Street, NW Washington DC 20006 7/17/2018 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity!

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

anti-union, campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, right to get paid less, Right to work

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for one of the entities promoting the anti-union “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

C180291 07/17/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Jefferson City MO 65102 7/16/2018 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Missouri “Chamber of Commerce.” Who would have thought?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric!

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, IBEW, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, right to get paid less, Right to work, working people

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission on behalf of the working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” initiative on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 07/17/2018 We Are Missouri IBEW PAC Voluntary Fund 900 Seventh St NW Washington DC 20001 7/15/2018 $110,000.00

C171127 07/17/2018 We Are Missouri IBEW PAC Voluntary Fund 900 Seventh St NW Washington DC 20001 7/15/2018 $190,000.00

[emphasis added]

Zap!

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

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