Missouri Jobs with Justice

10/15/2026

They showed up everywhere: doors, rallies, town halls, festivals, phone banks. Organizer Debi Pratt says that widespread, human reach is what won Missouri in August 2026, and it's the playbook for the fights ahead. "Whatever we did captivated people," she says, and she's already back at it, registering high schoolers as they walk out the door. The next fight starts with the next conversation!

10/13/2026

Missourians saw right through the corruption and tricks. That's why 80% of us voted NO on Amendment 4 in August. Now it’s time for the Missouri Legislature to move onwards for Missourians. No new attacks on the initiative petition process.

10/02/2026

Meet us there!

Show up for the workers who show up for you 🍞✊

Loafers Union Solidarity Days: 3 shops, 3 days. Pick one, or hit all three 👇

🟣 Tuesday, Oct 6, 10am-12pm at The Station
🔵 Wednesday, Oct 7, 8am-10am at Bagel Union
🔴 Thursday, Oct 8,11am-1pm at Union Loafers Café and Bakery

Grab something good. Say something kind. Tip well. That's solidarity.

10/02/2026

Happy to support!

We are proud to recognize Missouri Jobs with Justice as a Table Sponsor for the 2026 NAACP Springfield Freedom Fund Banquet! 💙💛

Missouri Jobs with Justice has long worked alongside communities and working people to build power, advance economic justice, and create a Missouri where every person has the opportunity to thrive.

We are grateful for their continued partnership, their commitment to justice, and their support of our theme, Rising Together — Our Voices. Our Power. Our Future.

Thank you, Missouri Jobs with Justice, for standing with the NAACP Springfield Branch and investing in the work of building a stronger and more equitable community.



You can learn more about them at https://mojwj.org/

09/17/2026

November's Missouri General Election is coming. Before you vote, take the time to understand the ballot measures before you. Here's a breakdown of key amendments and propositions - including what voting Yes or No actually means for your community.

Make sure you have your plan to vote. Voter registration deadline is October 7th - don't wait until the last minute.

Save this post for election day.

09/16/2026

Our letter—written and delivered by the community yesterday—calls on the curators at the University of Missouri to invest in their workers. It's shameful that our community's largest employer pays poverty wages! The university refuses to keep up with the cost of living, going so far as to claim that it isn't even relevant to worker compensation. These essential workers deserve $19 an hour!

Sign on to the letter here → https://bit.ly/TellMUPayWorkers

Here are our community delegations that visited the businesses of University of Missouri Board of Curators members, delivering our letter to Robert Blitz's office in Columbia and to Jeffrey Layman's office in Springfield. Neither curator would meet with the community, but we handed the letter to the administrative staff and ensured it reached the right people.

Mizzou must invest in its community by investing in its workers.

09/15/2026

We show up for each other no matter what...
No matter what zip code you live in, what job you have, where you’re from, who you love, or what race you are. Solidarity means we stick together.

09/11/2026

Real change doesn't happen from the top down it's built when working people come together to demand fair wages, workplace respect, and community solidarity.

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: we're Missouri Jobs with Justice, building power every day to win a better life for multiracial working-class families across Missouri.

09/07/2026

The rights we celebrate today were won by working people who stood together.

Labor Day was born out of the labor movement—a movement of workers organizing for better wages, shorter hours, safer workplaces, and a voice on the job.

Those victories weren't handed to us.

Working people organized for them. And today, that work continues.

This Labor Day, we honor the workers who came before us, the workers building power today, and everyone fighting for a Missouri where working people can thrive.
Because when working people organize, we win. ✊

Want to be part of it? Learn more about our work and how to get involved: https://mojwj.org/

09/02/2026

Mike Kehoe says he supports children's literacy.

Here's what his statement leaves out: the budget he signed cut Missouri's funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library from $6 million to $2 million — a 67% cut.

Because of the reduced funding, Missouri stopped accepting new children into the program July 1. Nearly 170,000 Missouri kids had been receiving a free book every month.

Dolly believed every child deserved books. Missouri families deserve the whole story.

📸 Photo of Dolly Parton: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0. Cropped from original.