Crowell's labor legislation

In the Jan. 27 article in the Southeast Missourian, "Crowell would make Missouri a 'right-to-work' state," Jason Crowell's agenda is plain as day -- he's going after Missouri workers, their paychecks and their unions. As a voter in his district, I'm disappointed that he would use his position as our senator to push legislation that would be so devastating to our community. Rather than working for us, he's working for the agenda of greedy CEOs and big corporations from outside of Missouri -- the same people and corporations that have been shipping our jobs overseas.

Senator Crowell hasn't stopped the bleeding of Missouri jobs going overseas, and he's pushing proposals that won't save or create jobs here. What he would do is hurt every working family in Missouri by bringing down our standard of living. It is time for Crowell to stop playing games with Missourians for the benefit of CEOs that donated to his campaign. Voters want and deserve to see the senator take real action on jobs, not to pay back his campaign contributors by attacking workers.

I've noticed that whenever a bill that attacks workers is filed in Jefferson City, it seems like Sen. Crowell is leading the charge. It is time that our senator starts working for us, not for the corporations that have been laying us off and shipping our jobs to China.

MARK BAKER, president, Southeast Missouri Central Labor Council, Jackson