32 • LABOR TRIBUNE • Thursday, November 1-7, 2018 Elect worker-friendly candidates next Tuesday, or RTW-for-less will be back next year By DAVID A. COOK crushed by urban voters and rural farmers. How do they continue to vote for a man who has It won’t be the fault of lobbyists. And in some President But right this moment there are politicians openly voted against their interests? ways, it won’t even be the fault of politicians. Pro-RTW incumbents whose own constituents rejected Prop A that The short answer is that too many of the It will be our fault. If we send these same are up for re-election and are on track to re-election, and those same people who rejected Prop A will turn around people that attacked us right back to their jobs must be defeated politicians have supported Right-to-Work-for- and enable the same politicians who passed it in Jefferson City we’ve sent a message that The midterm elections Less in the past and intend to keep supporting because they’ve decided that labor issues are you can attack us and nothing happens to you. are next week, and I can’t it in the future. important, but just not that important. They have no reason not to try again and again. recall a midterm in my life- Rep. and Sen. Bob Onder are These are voters who stand up for hard- In this weeks’ issue you’ll notice we are solely time that I’ve considered examples. They are ardent supporters of Right- working men and women, sure, but they are focused on the election. You’ll see below a full more important for myself COOK to-Work-for-Less, and they are not shy about it. also drawn to candidates who say what they list of ALL UFCW Local 655 endorsements for or the people of . They have promised to sponsor it again next want to hear about guns, or immigration, or those running for office. While so much attention has been on the na- year even though their respective districts voted war, or trade, or social issues. You can bet that every single person on that tional part of these elections — just look at the against Prop A by huge margins. Putting aside I’ve never suggested that someone become list is a “no” vote on Right-to-Work-for-Less. sheer number of ads you’ve seen in Missouri’s our obvious difference opinion on Prop A, how a single-issue voter. And I respect that we all You can bet that issues impacting hard-working senate race between Josh Hawley and Sen. can this be possible? How can elected officials have different priorities and concerns. But I do people on the job is what we base our endorse- Claire McCaskill — we must remember how promise to ignore such a strong opinion of their think we need to be honest about Missouri’s ments on. You may not agree with them all, important our local elections are going to be. constituents and expect to be re-elected? future. Here is the honest truth: I don’t know but at least we can tell ourselves that we didn’t A few short months ago, Missouri defeated How can Rep. of Jefferson County how we’ll defeat Right-to-Work-for-Less next enable a single one of the people who attacked Prop A, and Right-to-Work-for-Less was crushed lie to his own constituents, or consistently vote year if they pass it again. We won’t have the us over the last two years. in nearly every part of this state. It was rejected against workers, in a community where workers energy or the funds to fight it like we did this On November 6th, will you be able to say the by Republicans and Democrats alike, it was have a powerful voice and Prop A was crushed? time. And it won’t be the fault of labor leaders. same thing? UFCW-endorsed candidates and propositions in the Nov. 6 election These are your UFCW 4th District District 84 MISSOURI HOUSE District 96 TRI-COUNTY Labor-endorsed candidates (D) Wiley Price (D) District 66 Erica Hoffman (D) LABOR CLUB and propositions for the Nov. 6th District JEFFERSON COUNTY Tommie Pierson Jr. (D)* District 97 St. Charles County 6 election in Missouri and Il- Mike Revis (D)* Nicole Thompson (D) LABOR CLUB District 67 Executive linois. Incumbent candidates 8th District District 98 Circuit Judge, Div. 4 Alan Green (D)* Steve Ehlmann (R) are marked with an asterisk Hillary Shields (D) Charles Triplett (D) (*). Jacob (Jake) Costello (D) District 68 St. Charles County 10th District District 99 Circuit Court Clerk (D)* Council Dist. 1 Ayanna Shivers (D) Mike Labozzetta (D) MISSOURI Dorothy Stafford (D) District 69 OPEN 12th District District 100 U.S. SENATE County Council, Dist. 1 (D)* St. Charles County Terry Richard (D) Helena Webb (D) Claire McCaskill (D)* Brian Haskins (R) District 70 Council Dist. 7 14th District District 101 County Council, Dist. 3 Paula Brown (D) Paul Woody (D) U.S HOUSE OF Brian Williams (D) Genevieve Steidtman (D) Krystal Hargus (D) District 71 St. Charles County REPRESENTATIVES 16th District District 110 County Council, Dist. 7 Ladonna Applebaum (D) Director of Elections Ryan Dillion (D) Cody Kelly (D) 1st District Amy Jennewein (D) District 72 John Callahan (D) 18th District Lacy Clay (D)* County Clerk Doug Clemens (D) SOUTH ST. LOUIS Lincoln County Crystal Stephens (D) 2nd District Randy Holman (D)* District 73 COUNTY Circuit Judge, Div. 1 20th District Cort VanOstran (D) Recorder of Deeds Rachel Proudie (D) LABOR CLUB Adam Burkemper (D) Jim Billedo (D) 3rd District Erin Kasten (D) District 74 St. Louis County Executive Lincoln County 22nd District Katy Geppert (D) Collector of Revenue (D)* Steve Stenger (D)* (R)* Circuit Court Clerk 4th District Beth Mahn (D)* District 75 St. Louis County Assessor Grace Sinclair (R) 24th District (D)* Renee Hoagenson (D) Prosecuting Attorney Jake Zimmerman (D)* Lincoln County Clerk (D)* District 84 5th District OPEN St. Louis County Crystal M. Hall (D)* 26th District Wiley Price (D) Emanuel Cleaver (D)* County Auditor Prosecuting Attorney Lincoln County John Kiehne (D) District 85 Kristy Apprill (R)* Wesley Bell (D) Collector or Revenue 6th District 28th District Kevin Windham (D) County Executive St. Louis County Council Amanda Neel (D) Sam Graves (R)* Joe Poor (D) District 86 Jeff Roorda (D) Dist. 3 Warren County 7th District 30th District Maria Chappelle Nadal (D) MISSOURI HOUSE Paul Ward (D) Presiding Commissioner Jamie Schoolcraft (D) Charlie Norr (D) District 87 St. Louis County Council David Hubbard (D)* 8th District 32nd District District 111 (D) Dist. 5 Carolyn McGowan (D) Kathy Ellis (D) (R)* District 88 Lisa Clancy (D) MISSOURI HOUSE OF MISSOURI STATE 34th District District 112 Tracy McCreery (D)* REPRESENTATIVES Martin Rucker II (D) Benjamin Hagin (D) MISSOURI HOUSE AUDITOR District 89 District 70 ST. LOUIS CITY District 113 Kevin FitzGerald (D) District 83 Paula Brown (D) Nicole Galloway (D)* Karen Settlemoir-Berg (D) Gina Mitten (D)* LABOR CLUB ROCKWOOD District 102 AMENDMENTS AND District 114 District 87 OPEN MISSOURI HOUSE LABOR CLUB Ian Mackey (D) PROPOSITIONS (R)* District 105 St. Louis County Executive (VOTE ‘YES’) District 76 District 115 District 90 Scott Cerniceck (D) Chris Carter (D) (R)* Steve Stenger (D)* (D)* Missouri Amendment 1 District 118 St. Louis County Assessor District 91 WARREN COUNTY LA- Lobbying, campaign finance District 77 Steven Roberts (D)* Barb Marco (D) Jake Zimmerman (D)* Sara Unsicker (D)* BOR CLUB and redistricting initiative. St. Louis County District 78 NORTH COUNTY District 92 Presiding Commissioner Missouri Proposition B Bruce Franks (D)* Prosecuting Attorney (D)* David Hubbard (D)* Minimum wage initiative. LABOR CLUB Wesley Bell (D) District 79 District 93 St. Louis County Executive MISSOURI HOUSE OF Missouri Proposition D Lakey Sha Bosley (D) St. Louis County Council OPEN Fuel and Transportation. Steve Stenger (D)* REPRESENTATIVES District 80 Dist. 3 District 94 St. Louis County Assessor District 42 Proposition Z Peter Meredith (D)* Paul Ward (D) Jean Pretto (D) Jake Zimmerman (D)* Joseph Widner (D) (St. Louis County) District 81 St. Louis County Council District 95 One-eighth of 1 percent sales St. Louis County Dist. 5 Mike Walter (D) District 63 (D) Janet Kester (D) tax for the St. Louis Zoo Prosecuting Attorney Lisa Clancy (D) District 96 District 82 Wesley Bell (D) (D)* MISSOURI HOUSE Erica Hoffman (D) St. Louis County Council District 97 2nd District District 83 5th District District 89 Gina Mitten (D)* Mike Revis (D)* Patrice Billings (D) Lisa Clancy (D) Kevin FitzGerald (D) Share Your Pride: Share this page in your break room.