The Labor Tribune

By DAVID A. COOK President Last week, attorneys representing the National Labor Relations Board and attorneys representing Starbucks — the coffee giant currently embroiled in the third year of organizing efforts across the county — made...

By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent O’Fallon, IL – For the Cumberland-Tracy family, ironworking is a family affair – and so is their union. Three generations of Cumberlands joined to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ironworkers Local 392...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief St. Louis – Nurses at SSM St. Louis University Hospital (SLUH) are applying a pressure campaign as contract negotiations drag on, with nurses and allies signing post cards to deliver to the...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief Demand job security, better safety, steps to address teacher turnover St. Louis – After more than a year of negotiations, teachers and support staff at KIPP St. Louis charter high school went on...

By DAVID MCCALL President United Steelworkers Tom Bixler and several hundred of his co-workers produced top-quality glassware at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, over the years while keeping the aging equipment there operating through sheer...

Union will help Troy community grow and prosper By DARIN GILLEY UAW Local 2250  It is a bold statement but one that can be proven with a real-life example. That example will be at the end of...

Cadet, MO – Members of the Laborers Local 110 Volunteer Organizing Committee and other volunteers spent two days building and installing two playground sets here for pre-school children in the Kingston K-14 School District. ...

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) “Stamp Out Hunger” nationwide food drive is scheduled for May 11 this year, and letter carriers are asking for your help. Each year, letter carriers across the country...

FIFTEEN PRE-APPRENTICES recently graduated from the St. Louis Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis area. Taking part in the March 29 ceremony at the...

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) clerical support and building service workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2887 and AFSCME Local 2232, overwhelmingly ratified new four-year contracts with the university that includes some of...