Last week, unions in Missouri announced that they had gathered three hundred thousand notarized signatures to block the state’s new “right-to-work” law from taking effect at the end of the month. With national right-to-work legislation in Congress and continued attacks on labor by the Trump administration, this is a critical victory.

One group that played a role in gathering signatures is the St. Louis Workers’ Education Society (WES). Founded in 2014, WES aims to “facilitate ongoing worker-education campaigns, partnering and advising union and community groups, to build a permanent culture of worker-education in St. Louis.”

Since its founding, WES has assembled a coalition of local unions, community organizations, and elected officials, and taken on a number of campaigns. From fighting right-to-work legislation and campaigning for single-payer health care, to registering voters and training rank-and-file union activists, to hosting community potlucks and concerts, WES has a significant organizing record.