State Sen. Gina Walsh encourages Labor union women to run for office, vote for candidates who suppor
Last year, Missourians defeated “right-to-work,” voted to raise the state minimum wage and approved CLEAN Missouri to reduce the influence of lobbyists and do away with the gerrymandering of districts, but State Senator Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) says more must be done to protect working families.
“We did all these good things when it came to the issues, but people went to the ballot box and sent the same guys back to Jefferson City that do not support us,” Walsh said. “There are about 15 ‘right-to-work’ bills in Jefferson City this year. This is not over and these issues will always be here as long as we send the wrong people to Jefferson City.”
Walsh, the first female president of the Missouri State Building & Construction Trades Council and the first woman to go through Heat & Frost Insulators Local 1 apprenticeship program, was the guest speaker at this year’s Women’s History Brunch, sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).
The event, which coincided with Women’s History Month, was held March 23 at the CWA Local 6300 Union Hall. About 150 women and men from the building trades, public and private sector unions, legislators, local officials and friends of Labor attended the brunch.
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