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Welcome to Your Paycheck, our blog devoted to the working people, both union and non-union in Franklin County and around the country. This blog will hopefully be an open forum in which everyone will have a chance to present their own point of view, analyze different ways of thinking and maybe even find a surprising number of things that we can agree on.


Happy Labor Day

Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2010

We can complain and get nothing or we can do something. | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...


14 Workers Die on the Job Every Day!

Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Tuna = $350,000 American Worker = $7,000 | Read More ...


No Difference Between Parties on Jobs?

Posted: Friday, August 27, 2010

D's pass legislation, R's kill it! | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Moving Forward=D, Backward=R

Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Happy birthday to Social Security and Women's Right to Vote! | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


3 Good Reasons To Let The Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich Expire

Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

They created a defecit, didn't create jobs, and increased inequality | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...


American Autos Keep Scoring Better

Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Korean and Japanese continue decline. | 6 comment(s) | Read More ...


Economic Decline is Not Inevitable!

Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010

Policy got us here, policy will get us out. | 2 comment(s) | Read More ...


Buying American Creates Jobs!

Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010

Check out this site for American made office supplies. | Read More ...


Obama upgrades Workers Benefit Rights

Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010

Will require quicker appeals of Health, Disability, and Pension claims! | Read More ...


Metropolis Needs More Than Superman

Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010

Will Uranium be death of town? | 7 comment(s) | Read More ...


Congratulations to Area Tradesmen!

Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010

Ironworkers agree to new contract | Read More ...


Chinese Strike!

Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010

Brave Honda supplier workers demand change. | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Reagan versus Reality - Four Deformations of the Apocalypse

Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010

Stockman: How my Repbulican Party destroyed the economy! | 8 comment(s) | Read More ...


Obama's Weekly Address from Detroit

Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010

Aid to the auto industry worked. Calls on the GOP obstructionists "to stop holding America's small businesses hostage." | 6 comment(s) | Read More ...


Who Needs Big Government (Leave us Alone)

Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

This video is the kind of satire Tea Baggers love to hate! | 7 comment(s) | Read More ...


Brain Tickle - The Secret of Oz!

Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Award winning film offers way to eliminate national debt! | Read More ...


Is the Right Waking Up?

Posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010

My latest letter in Missourian embraces conservative support for value-added agenda | 10 comment(s) | Read More ...


The Dad Life!

Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Is this the Dad of today, looks familiar | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Recovery Act Helps American Manufacturing

Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2010

Obama leadership promotes U.S. technology, business, and labor | 5 comment(s) | Read More ...


In Egypt, Arab Wolds "Largest Social Movement" Gains Steam

Posted: Monday, July 05, 2010

Video of clever tactic by workers | Read More ...


Can Labor Get its Message Out?

Posted: Friday, June 25, 2010

Lamestream media pushes corporate news. | 2 comment(s) | Read More ...


NEW POLL - Americans agree!

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010

Broad, bipartisan support for manufacturing, Buy American, and getting tough on China. | 5 comment(s) | Read More ...


An REA Weekend

Posted: Monday, June 14, 2010

Should a New Deal approach be used for Broadband Internet service? | 7 comment(s) | Read More ...


"It's Going to Ruin Us"

Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Producers of last year's Labor Video of the Year strike again, pun intended! | Read More ...


Want To Be An Auto Expert?

Posted: Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Auto Task Force doing more than many think. | 2 comment(s) | Read More ...


Graduation Now, Job Later?

Posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010

Graduates are getting more job offers than last year, still challenges ahead. | Read More ...


Is That a Union Member Taking Care of Your Family?

Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010

12,000 Missouri Home Care workers join AFSCME! | 2 comment(s) | Read More ...


Unions receive this week's Buzzflash.com Wings of Justice Award

Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Recent accomplishments spotlighted. | Read More ...


Millionaire's for Wage Freeze

Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010

Canadian satire on display | Read More ...


Race to the Bottom

Posted: Tuesday, May 11, 2010

"Open Shop" is a significant factor. | Read More ...


Bye, Bye American Pie

Posted: Saturday, May 08, 2010

The Capitol Steps remakes a classic! | Read More ...


Last Day

Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010

Today is the last day for area workers at the Chrysler North Assembly plant in Fenton. | 9 comment(s) | Read More ...


Internships - Should they be paid?

Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

New study claims interns need more workplace protection. | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Is That True?

Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010

How to find out if that crazy e-mail is real or propaganda. | 7 comment(s) | Read More ...


Should You Buy An American Car Now?

Posted: Thursday, April 01, 2010

Doing so will help create employment, lower taxes, and fund education. | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...


We Can Create 2 Million Jobs and Not Spend a Dime!

Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Will Currency Manipulation cost you - your job? | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


Who Broke America's Jobs Machine?

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Is this the reason no net new jobs were created in the last ten years? | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


Would A Manufacturing Incubator Create Jobs?

Posted: Friday, March 05, 2010

State Representative Mike Frame endorses idea. | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Your New Boss!

Posted: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Employee Free Choice Act can help | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Toyota: Hiding Something?

Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010

Has Toyota been wishing its problems away, leaving customers in danger? | 83 comment(s) | Read More ...


I've Been Reading

Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Hoodwinked by John Perkins | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Labor Websites

Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010

Get labor information from someone that isn't a corporation (corp's aren't people) | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Can we get serious about jobs?

Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

Auto jobs illustrate complacent attitude | 14 comment(s) | Read More ...


Why U.S. must reinstate tariffs

Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009

Economists promote same policy that made America a great power. | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...


Made in America?

Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Should American tax dollars have been used to support foreign goods in the Cash for Clunkers program? | 9 comment(s) | Read More ...


Report by American Rights at Work

Posted: Monday, December 14, 2009

Is your cell phone company disrespecting American workers? | Read More ...


United Steelworkers President On Jobs Summit

Posted: Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Leo Gerard buoyed by the good ideas that were presented | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


Freelancers Union, Join Free!

Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Now independent contractors can band together for better benefits. | Read More ...


401k Now, Retire Later?

Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009

New study concludes fears of never being able to retire are exaggerated | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Keep It Made In America Townhall Tour

Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The movement is growning | 8 comment(s) | Read More ...


Jobs Create Jobs

Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

And vice-versa! | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


"The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One"

Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009

Moyers Interviews Bill Black on the fraud that led to the banking crisis | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...


Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Finally, let's talk about JOBS! | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Priorities

Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Is there a greater punishment for killing a deer or an American? | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Won't Get Fooled Again

Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

UAW members didn't take the bait in latest proposal from the suddenly profitable Ford Motor Company | 2 comment(s) | Read More ...


"Just Cause" versus "D-Day" Discipline

Posted: Tuesday, November 03, 2009

How one local retailer demeans its employees and the need for fairness in the workplace | 5 comment(s) | Read More ...


Old School

Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009

The new face of labor has old-fashoined grit. Watch AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumka, on PBS | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Shutting Detroit Down

Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009

Music video; lyrics sum up the plight of the American worker | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Franken Speaks For Me

Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

As area plants close and employees lose their homes, their health care, and more, it's refreshing to see someone in D.C. standing up for the interests of working families | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


GOP Senators Block UI Extensions

Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Tell them it's time to extend unemployment insurance for millions out of work | 1 comment(s) | Read More ...


Shipbreaking

Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009

Powerful video shows how workers in Bangladesh are exploited to do "the most dangerous job in the world" | 4 comment(s) | Read More ...


The Labor Blog

Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009

Greetings and welcome! | 3 comment(s) | Read More ...

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