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Did You Get This Political Mailer Over The Weekend?

Mailer from an organization called "Working America" compares your participation in recent elections to your neighbors.

Political mail from candidates and issue advocates may have been clogging your mailbox lately, but this past weekend, did you get one from an organization called "Working America" that says it is your Voter Report Card? I received one, and it told me that I was a voter in one of the last five general elections, according to public records for my current address. It compared my participation in those elections to my neighbors and said I was "Below Average". Now, in my defense, this is the first general election at my current address, so I'm not sure that's a fair analysis. But as a reporter over the years, I've also made the decision not to vote because I end up covering the candidates. Just Saturday alone, I ended up covering the statewide…

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Union Backers Rally In Creve Coeur To Support Striking Verizon Workers

The strike itself has no direct impact on Missouri jobs or employees, but labor backers wanted to show unity here.

Update: 2:24 p.m. An AFL-CIO organizer of the Verizon protest in Creve Coeur tells Patch protesters from an organization called Midwest Rising joined them Monday but that the labor organizers were not tied to other protests taking place around St. Louis Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 14 Midwest Rising protesters were arrested after an event staged downtown. The paper said other events, were planned Monday at Arch Coal and Monsanto headquarters in Creve Coeur. More than 40,000 union workers for Verizon Communications along the East Coast are entering their second week on strike after negotiators were unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. On Monday, dozens of labor supporters gathered along Olive Boulevard in …

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