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The courts will come for us, but only if we let...

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...

Union and family go hand-in-hand as Iron Workers Local 392 celebrates...

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...

SLUH nurses applying pressure campaign to stop exodus of RNs as...

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...

Teachers and support staff strike at KIPP St. Louis High School

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...

OPINION: How unions and Joe Biden are launching a new frontier...

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...

OPINION: Unions: The tide that lifts all boats

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...

Laborers Local 110 Volunteer Organizing Committee builds two playgrounds

Cadet, MO – Members of the Laborers Local 110 Volunteer Organizing Committee and other volunteers spent two days building and installing two playground sets...

Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive set for May 11

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

St. Louis BUD program graduates 32nd class of pre-apprentices

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...

SIUE support and building service workers win over $1.4 million in...

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) clerical support and building service workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2887 and AFSCME Local 2232, overwhelmingly ratified...