04 Wednesday Mar 2026
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C253728 03/04/2026 We Are Missouri Missouri and Kansas Laborers’ District Council 951 Corporate Parkway Wentzvile MO 63385 3/3/2026 $600,000.00
[emphasis added]
Dayam.
Collective action – it does add up.
03 Friday Nov 2023
Posted in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate
Tags
Fascist pig, faux populist, gaslighting, insurrectionist, Josh Hawley, missouri, organized labor, receipts, right to get paid less, seditionist, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia, working people
This morning:
Jess Piper @piper4missouri
Screenshot this one, friends.
You’re gonna need it over the next year. Hawley is no friend to working folks no matter how much he wants to act like it now.
[….]
10:01 AM · Nov 3, 2023
You don’t #$%& with teachers, they keep grade books.
19 Saturday Aug 2023
Tags
campaign finance, HDCC, health care, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, Solidarity, working people
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C171047 08/18/2023 House Democratic Campaign Committee Pipe Fitters Local 553 Volunteer Political Fund 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 7/26/2023 $15,000.00
C171047 08/18/2023 House Democratic Campaign Committee IBEW Local 124 Voluntary Political Fund 301 East 103rd Street Terrace Kansas City MO 64114 7/26/2023 $20,000.00
C171047 08/18/2023 House Democratic Campaign Committee MHA HealthPAC PO BOX 60 Jefferson City MO 65102 8/14/2023 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Well, yes, working people and accessible health care.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: It’s your money and you can do what you want with it (August 19, 2023)
Campaign Finance: Beyond the dreams of avarice (July 19, 2023)
02 Thursday Mar 2023
Posted in Congress, social media
Tags
7th Congressional District, Eric Burlison, missouri, right to get paid less, right wingnut, social media, Union, working people
Missouri Constitution, Article I, Bill of Rights
I Section 29. Organized labor and collective bargaining. — That employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].
Today:
Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison
People should have the right to work a job without being forced to line the pockets of a union that doesn’t represent their views.@RepJoeWilson ‘s bill will protect the right-to-work and empower employees – NOT union bosses.
3:51 PM · Feb 28, 2023
Because employers and corporations always have the best intentions for the interests of their workers, right?
“Unionize!” – September 4, 2017
10 Tuesday Jan 2023
Tags
19th Senate District, campaign finance, Missouri Ethics Commission, organized labor, PAC, Stephen Webber, working people
They’re not wasting any time.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the PAC supporting Stephen Webber (D) in the 2024 19th Senate District race:
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC UFCW Local 655 300 Weidman Rd Manchester MO 63011 1/9/2023 $10,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Missouri-Kansas Area PAC 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 1/9/2022 $100,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Joseph Shepard 17 W Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 Self Real Estate 1/9/2022 $10,000.00
C232347 01/10/2023 HOMEFRONT PAC Sheet Metal Workers International Association 2319 Chouteau Ave Suite 100 St Louis MO 63103 1/9/2022 $10,036.00
[emphasis added]
Friends in organized labor and in St. Louis.
Stephen Webber (D) [2016 file photo].
Previously:
A lifelong commitment to public service (January 10, 2023)
18 Tuesday May 2021
Posted in campaign finance
Making it add up, yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C000035 05/17/2021 Operating Engineers Local 101 Political Fund Operating Engineers Local 101 PAC 6601 Winchester Ave Ste 280 Kansas CIty MO 64063 5/17/2021 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Solidarity can trump the self-interest of obscene wealth.
04 Tuesday Dec 2018
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate
It’s that time again. Bills are being prefiled for the coming session of the Missouri General Assembly.
Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo]
A bill, prefiled by Eric Burlison (r):
SB 63
Creates new provisions of law relating to labor organizations
Sponsor: Burlison
LR Number: 0284S.01I
Last Action: 12/1/2018 – Prefiled
Effective Date: August 28, 2019Current Bill Summary
SB 63 – Under this act, employers are barred from requiring employees to become, remain, or refrain from becoming a member of a labor organization or pay dues or other charges required of labor organization members as a condition of employment.
Any person who violates or directs another to violate this act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Moreover, any person injured as a result of violation or threatened violation of this act is entitled to injunctive relief and certain other damages.
Prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, and the Attorney General are charged with investigating complaints under this act.
The provisions of this act do not apply to any agreement between an employer and a labor organization entered into before the effective date of this act but shall apply to any such agreement upon its renewal, extension, amendment, or modification in any respect after the effective date of this act.
This act is identical to the truly agreed to and finally passed SS#2/SB 19 (2017) and substantially similar to HCS/HB 91 (2017), HB 42 (2017), HB 131 (2017), HB 265 (2017), HB 314 (2017), SB 667 (2016), SCS/HCS/HB’s 116 & 569 (2015) which was vetoed by the Governor and SCS/SB 127 (2015), HB 1462 (2016), SB 76 (2013), SB 547 (2012), SB 614 (2012), SB 438 (2012), SB 109 (2011), SB 1 (2011), SB 888 (2010), and HB 877 (2005).
Working people didn’t finish the job in 2018.
There’s definitely a disconnect with Missouri voters.
Via the Missouri Secretary of State web site:
State of Missouri – General Election, November 06, 2018
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on November 30, 2018State Senator – District 20
63 of 63 Precincts ReportedEric W. Burlison Republican 62,209 73.871%
Jim Billedo Democratic 22,004 26.129%
Total Votes: 84,213Christian County
Eric W. Burlison, REP 26,768
Jim Billedo, DEM 8,906Greene County
Eric W. Burlison, REP 35,441
Jim Billedo, DEM 13,098
Proposition A, “right to get paid less”, was overwhelmingly defeated statewide in August. In Christian and Greene Counties:
State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 07, 2018
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on August 27, 2018Christian County
Proposition A
27 of 27 Precincts Reported
YES 8,387 51.457%
NO 7,912 48.543%
Total Votes: 16,299Greene County
Proposition A
113 of 113 Precincts Reported
YES 25,192 42.589%
NO 33,959 57.411%
Total Votes: 59,151
Passing by just under 500 votes in one county and losing big in another ain’t exactly an anti-labor mandate.
Unless you’re a republican.
23 Tuesday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C161339 10/22/2018 Truth in Campaigns Carpenters Help in the Political Process 1401 Hampton Ave Saint Louis MO 63139 10/20/2018 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s quite a boost.
The committee’s latest report:
C161339: Truth In Campaigns
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 10136
Kansas City Mo 64171
Established Date: 09/13/2016
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $106.34
Monetary Receipts + $500.00
Monetary Expenditures – $20.00
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $480.00
Ending Money On Hand $586.34
Quite a boost.
“Give ’em Hell, Harry!”
“I don’t give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them, and they think it’s Hell.”
Okay.
12 Friday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
At the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180050: Middle Class Missouri Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 428
Columbia Mo 65205
Established Date: 01/27/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 30 Day After Special Election-6/5/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $14,004.28
Monetary Receipts + $5,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $18,888.43
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $13.90
Subtotal ($13,902.33)
Ending Money On Hand $101.95
Now they have a lot more. Today:
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Missouri AFL-CIO COPE 227 Jefferson Street Jefferson City MO 65101
10/11/2018 $25,000.00C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 36 2319 Chouteau Ave Suite 100 St Louis MO 63103 10/12/2018 $12,500.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC MO Organizing & Voter Engagement Action 4526 Paseo Blvd Kansas City MO 64110 10/12/2018 $25,000.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 300 Weidman Road Ballwin MO 63011 10/12/2018 $25,000.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Missouri NEA PAC 1810 East Elm Street Jefferson City MO 65101 10/12/2018 $30,000.00
[emphasis added]
It was a good day. Because of working people.
29 Wednesday Aug 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance, initiative, Minimum wage, Misouri Ethics Commission, missouri, organized labor, Raise Up Missouri, working people
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the initiative to raise the minimum wage in Missouri (Proposition B) on the November ballot:
171196 08/28/2018 Raise Up Missouri United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 1775 K Street NW Washington DC 20006 8/27/2018 $10,000.00
C171196 08/28/2018 Raise Up Missouri SEIU Missouri State Council PAC 5585 Pershing Ave Suite 120 Saint Louis MO 63112 8/28/2018 $150,000.00
[emphasis added]
Working people on behalf of working people.