“We Are One Missouri” Media Event in St. Louis was a huge success
Missouri Jobs with Justice and allies planned four media events around the state to take place during the week of June 12, 2011.
The events celebrated our legislative victories of 2011 and set the stage for 2012. Each event targeted one or two legislators who voted for Wisconsin-style attacks on working families in 2011.
Although many of our elected officials did the right thing and stood up for the teachers, nurses, fire fighters and other public workers in their district, some of them sided with CEOs and corporate interests - even though hundreds of their constituents urged them to support working families.
The events took place in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Joseph.
The St. Louis event featured Pastor Mary Albert as the emcee. Minimum wage activist Joe Wicks, retail worker Beth Dysart, and constituent Gary Torpea all spoke to the crowd for a few minutes. Beth Drysart said, “Paycheck deception, Right-to-Work-for-Less and efforts to cut the minimum wage attack people like me that are just trying to provide for our families.”
Click here to see where and when the events are taking place, and what legislators voted against working families in 2011.
The events are sponsored by MO Jobs with Justice, SEIU Local 1, MO NEA, MO AFL-CIO, MO CWA, MO Pro-Vote, and AFSCME District Council 72.
The St. Louis Media Event received press at KWMU/KBIA/KCUR and People’s World. The rest of the week-long events received press coverage at KTTS, the Springfield News-Leader, St. Joseph News Press Now, the Independence Examiner, and KY3 and KOLR10.
