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)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, from working people in support of the initiative repealing “Right to Get Paid Less”:

C171127 04/06/2018 We Are Missouri Missouri AFL-CIO General Fund 227 Jefferson St Jefferson City MO 65101 4/6/2018 $581,000.00

[emphasis added]

Wow. It’s monetary. That’s commitment.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: now that’s collective action (March 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: now that’s collective action – part 2 (March 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: now that’s collective action – part 3 (March 16, 2018)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people opposed to “Right to Get Paid Less”:

C171127 03/15/2018 We Are Missouri Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers’ District Council 8500 Ward Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City MO 64114 3/14/2018 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

The power of working people gathering together and pooling their resources. There are a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: now that’s collective action (March 11, 2018)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131007 09/22/2017 Missouri Growth PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 Retired 9/21/2017 $18,750.00

C141393 09/22/2017 Missouri AG PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 Retired 9/21/2017 $18,750.00

C171235 09/22/2017 Missouri Senior PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 Retired 9/21/2017 $18,750.00

C171229 09/22/2017 Missouri C PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63117 Retired 9/21/2017 $18,750.00

[emphasis added]

Hmmm. Must be astroturf PACs.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171196 09/19/2017 Raise Up Missouri Laborers International Union of North America Laborers Local No. 110 4532 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Sunset Hills MO 63127 9/18/2017 $25,000.00

C171196 09/19/2017 Raise Up Missouri The Union Labor Life Insurance Company 8403 Colesville Rd. Silver Spring MD 20910 9/18/2017 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

The committee’s purpose:

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose
Initiative Petition To Raise State Minimum Wage (Raise Up Missouri) 11/06/2018 Raise State Minimum Wage Support

[emphasis added]

But, but, billionaire sons of billionaires can’t make ends meet these days…