Tony Pecinovsky

Tony Pecinovsky is the author of "Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA" and author/editor of "Faith In The Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA." His forthcoming book is titled "The Cancer of Colonialism: W. Alphaeus Hunton, Black Liberation, and the Daily Worker, 1944-1946." Pecinovsky has appeared on C-SPAN’s "Book TV" and speaks regularly on college and university campuses across the country.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky

Labor

Fast food giants cost America $7 billion in McTaxes
October 16, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
Two recently published reports shed damning light on the high cost of low wages in the fast food industry.
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Labor

Miners encircle Peabody coal company’s headquarters
September 25, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
"This is a struggle for all that is good and decent in our country," Steve Earle, UMWA District 12 vice president, told nearly 2,000 mine workers.
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U.S.

Right wing rebuked in Missouri
September 20, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
Right-wing Republicans in the Missouri legislature and their main financial supporter, libertarian billionaire Rex Sinquefield, suffered a stinging defeat.
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Opinion

Fast-food workers meet labor movement: a super-sized duo
September 12, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
There is an emerging nationwide movement of low-wage fast-food workers who have begun to set the tone regarding the federal minimum wage, fast-food workers' rights and the future of service sector work generally.
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Opinion

Big business behind Rick Perry’s push in Missouri
August 28, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.
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Labor

St. Louis fast food workers fight discrimination
August 27, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
St. Louis fast-food chains - among others across the nation - are attempting to intimidate low-wage activists, as they gear up for the nationwide strike. planned for this Thursday, August 29.
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Labor

Rural letter carriers union protests proposed cutbacks
August 15, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
"The Postal Service has upheld a personal and professional standard of service, delivering to every household nationwide six days a week."
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Labor

If McDonald’s workers get a raise, would a Big Mac cost more?
August 6, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
A recent study by a University of Kansas School of Business student, Arnobio Morelix, has challenged claims by fast-food giant McDonald's that raising its low-paid workers' pay is unreasonable.
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