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Union representative says moratorium came from organized labor; calls for collaborative solutions
Summary
A union representative told the committee the union was the driving force behind the earlier moratorium on closures and urged collaborative local solutions rather than placing sole blame on schools for population loss.
A union representative who asked to speak during public comment said organized labor played a central role in creating a moratorium and cautioned that closing schools alone does not explain population loss in St. Louis.
"The union was the driving force for the moratorium in the first place," the speaker said, adding that many larger structural issues push families from the city. The speaker praised recent aldermanic attention to school impacts and said unions and community groups want to be part of the solution rather than be sidelined.
Committee members thanked the union representative and offered to accept written remarks for the record; the committee discussed integrating union and neighborhood perspectives into future engagement.
