MWC and #StandUpKC leader Bill Thompson explained to @kcur.org why nearly 250 Kansas Citians showed up to last night's emergency meeting: we can’t afford sales tax hikes on the working majority to fund an income tax repeal for the elite minority!
Solidarity with Emotiv workers fighting to unionize with UAW Local 31!
#MOworkers and #StandUpKC members were proud to join them this week as they rallied to demand the union rights they deserve.
📹 NEW from FOX4 KC:
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Terrence Wise will be emceeing tonight’s mass meeting in Kansas City, where we’ll join Parents for KC Kids and @mojwjva.bsky.social to beat lawmakers’ income tax elimination and sales tax hikes on the working majority!
RSVP at bit.ly/Fight4MOKC
St. Louis packed our last town hall to hear how service workers are organizing to win raises, paid sick days, and more — just like #StandUpKC fast food and retail workers have done here.
Come learn how YOU can join the fight in KC!
Service workers are growing the movement to win the respect, dignity, and fair treatment they deserve — just like how #StandUpKC fast food and retail workers have won raises and benefits across KC.
Come learn about the plan to win and how YOU can join the fight!
#MOworkers
Early in his life, he worked with Dr. King to grow the movement that fought bigotry and ended segregation throughout the country.
McDonald’s worker and #StandUpKC leader Richard Eiker had the honor of meeting Rev. Jackson in LA at the SEIU Unions for All Summit in 2019!
#StandUpKC leader and low-wage worker Melissa Douds shared her live reaction at the opening reception of the new, limited-time Charlotte Street Foundation exhibition, “Stand Up, Fight Back: Designing an Anti-Racist Movement for Worker Power.”
📹 NEW: MWC and #StandUpKC leader Terrence Wise spoke to FOX4 last Friday as HUNDREDS in KC rallied to demand accountability from masked armed ICE agents killing civilians, and businesses like Platform Ventures who collaborate with them 👎
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Terrence Wise spoke to @kcur.org at the opening reception of the new Charlotte Street Foundation exhibition “Stand Up, Fight Back: Designing an Anti-Racist Movement for Worker Power!”
We started with a MO Worker Voices training in October where Amazon workers, #StandUpKC members, restaurant workers, and immigrant workers built their skills as narrative strategists who make our multiracial worker-led movement *irresistible* 🗣️
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Bill Thompson spoke to the Columbia Missourian at the Capitol during Wednesday's Stand Up, Fight Back rally, and he explained how using our strength in numbers makes all the difference 💪
The billionaires and racists want to divide us by what we look like, where we’re from, and how much is in our wallets, so they can hoard more power for themselves.
But we’re not falling for it!
✊Take it from #standupkc and MWC leader Terrence Wise:
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Richard Eiker on why he joined thousands of Missourians at yesterday's #StandUpFightBack rally at the Capitol after lawmakers overturned our voter-approved earned paid sick leave.
But I’m in good company here — because all of us in this rotunda know that this is THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE!”
Terrence Wise, low-wage worker and MWC #standupkc leader
So let’s continue building our power — from the shop floor to the streets to the halls of government — to win a Missouri that works for ALL of us ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏻
#MOworkers #StandUpKC #MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Terrence Wise accepted the Community Service Award last night at this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Mass Celebration in Kansas City, hosted by Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City:
“Through this movement, we’ve created these great friendships. These great bonds. We are a family — workers, allies, everybody in this community.
And we’re going to carry those bonds on as we continue this fight.”
– #StandUpKC leader Bridget Hughes
⏰ Saturday, Jan. 17 // 3pm – 5pm
📍 Charlotte Street Foundation (3333 Wyoming St, KCMO 64111)
🎟️ No ticket required!
Flier design credit: Lilah Powlas
#StandUpKC #MOworkers
“Once we began to organize and tell each other our stories, we realized we weren’t as divided as we thought we were.” ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏾✊🏻
#MOworkers #StandUpKC
At our MO Worker Voices kickoff last month, Wendy’s worker, #StandUpKC, and MWC leader Fran Marion recounted the first time she watched her coworkers go on strike — and her life-changing decision to join them on the picket line.
#MOworkers
We mourn and celebrate the life of Alice Kitchen, who passed away last Friday, Nov. 14, surrounded by her family. Alice was a longtime member of #StandUpKC and one of the first adjunct faculty members to join the Faculty Forward organizing committee in 2015.
If you’re ready to fight back against lawmakers trying to break up our communities and steal away working class power — this meeting is for YOU. Sign up and invite your friends, family, and coworkers:
bit.ly/Oct30Emergency
#MOworkers #StandUpKC
And on Saturday, November 8, join IREHR for a teach-in about Leonard’s work, the fight against white nationalism, and the movement for a democracy that works for all of us. #StandUpKC and MWC leader Terrence Wise will be speaking!
🇺🇸 “We LOVE America. Why? Because we ARE America. And we’re ready to make America true to our pledge to be one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL!”
MWC and #StandUpKC leader Terrence Wise spoke in front of THOUSANDS today to make clear: in America, we don’t have kings 🚫👑
👉How do we fight back? By organizing our strength in numbers to *protect* our freedoms, our families, and our futures!
#StandUpKC #Missouri #solidarity #1u
Wendy’s worker, MWC, and #StandUpKC leader Fran Marion told THOUSANDS of #MOworkers at the state Capitol the truth: lawmakers like Gov. Kehoe and Speaker Patterson are working with the billionaires and racists to attack our freedoms!
🗣️ #StandUpKC and MWC leader Terrence Wise FIRED UP thousands of #MOworkers and allies at the Capitol. Now, he’s the lead plaintiff in the @aclumo.bsky.social lawsuit to fight Trump’s power grab, protect the 5th district where he lives, and demand fair representation for ALL Missourians!
🗞️”This is a working family and working American issue. We need representation.”
#MOworkers like #StandUpKC and MWC leader Terrence Wise deserve better than Speaker Patterson and MO politicians’ unconstitutional redistricting scheme!
📰 Wendy’s worker, #StandUpKC, and MWC leader Fran Marion in Inequality.org: “Working people like me don’t back down when our lives are on the line.”
“It makes me ANGRY!” #StandUpKC leader and Wendy’s worker Fran Marion is FED UP with MO lawmakers who are trying to break apart her home district in Kansas City — all to attack worker power and enrich a wealthy few!
