Tag: layoffs
Labor Tribune survey results: Impact of COVID-19 on working people
The Labor Tribune has been conducting a survey of workers impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, inquiring into their job status, working conditions and concerns....
Trump Labor Secretary curtails unemployment benefits, other worker relief efforts
The Trump Labor Department has taken action to limit the scope of worker assistance and health protections deemed too cumbersome for employers in the...
Local entertainment unions reeling as work dries up
While workers everywhere are suffering from the work stoppages and slowdowns caused by the COVID-19 virus, workers in the entertainment industry are getting especially...
Missouri AFL-CIO Dislocated Worker Program providing assistance, resources for workers facing...
Unemployment assistance for Missouri/Illinois workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many working families.
The Missouri AFL-CIO’s Dislocated Worker program partners with the state of Missouri to...
Amsted Rail lays off 110 Steelworkers; says more cuts are coming
Granite City, IL – Amsted Rail has laid off about 110 steelworkers for lack of orders for the steel castings it makes for the...
A week after Trump bragged ‘business is thriving’ U.S. Steel laying...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
President Donald Trump had barely uttered his latest brag about the success of his steel tariffs when U.S. Steel announced last week...
AT&T is sending jobs overseas
Imagine you have days to decide if you want to move hours away from your family in order to stay employed, or lose your...
Eight Guild members facing layoff as Post-Dispatch outsources its union copy...
In a move the United Media Guild had long feared, Lee Enterprises announced it is moving the design and copy-editing work at the St....
Christian Care Home workers call out state’s Grinch-like treatment of workers...
Long-suffering workers, losing their jobs because of mismanagement, demand payout of benefits and severance pay
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Ferguson, MO – Workers at Christian Care Home, who...
Rauner boasts at university, which promptly fires union faculty
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Moline, IL – On June 14, Governor Bruce Rauner paid a visit to Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, claiming credit for the new...