Tag: Missouri
Columbia City Council voluntarily recognizes Laborers Local 955 as water distribution...
Columbia, MO – The Columbia City Council has voluntarily recognized water distribution workers as members of Laborers (LiUNA) Local 955, which represents around 250...
Union retirees honor veterans with bingo game
HONORING VETS: The Alliance for Retired Americans recently honored military veterans by hosting a bingo game at the St. Louis Veterans Home in northeast St....
2023 Labor Festival, parades and festivities
Labor Day is too big of a holiday to limit to one day or one event. Area Labor councils have a full slate planned...
Public Radio workers vote to form a union
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
St. Louis Public Radio made history recently as its employees overwhelmingly voted to create the first public media union in Missouri.
Nearly...
St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council endorses Lucas Kunce for...
The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council is endorsing Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate.
“The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council proudly endorses...
Initiative petition campaign launched to require $15 an hour minimum wage,...
Jobs with Justice campaign looking for volunteers to collect signatures
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher Emeritus
An initiative petition campaign to raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $15 and...
Laborers Local 955 calls out Wildcat Materials union busting
Columbia, MO – Laborers (LiUNA) Local 955 members in Columbia, Mo. are calling out Wildcat Materials management’s refusal to bargain in good faith with...
Workers memorial programs planned in Missouri and Illinois
Labor leaders in Illinois and Missouri will remember workers killed or injured on the job in programs scheduled in upcoming weeks in recognition of...
Michigan repeals phony ‘RTW’ law
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher Emeritus
Following in the footsteps of Missouri voters twice rejecting efforts to foist the phony so-called “right-to-work” law on the state, Michigan...
Child labor laws are under attack in Missouri and states across...
Both violations of child labor laws and state legislative proposals to roll back child labor protections are on the rise across the country, according...