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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 April 6 at the Regency O’Fallon. William Cumberland Sr. was an ironworker since 1946, and his son and grandson became ironworkers, as well as son-in-laws...
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 executives at SSM, members of the board of directors and members of the St. Louis University Hospital Foundation board. They are also providing phone numbers...
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 strike Friday, April 19, to demand a first contract.
Represented by American Federation of Teachers (AFT St. Louis) Local 420, KIPP teachers and support staff were...
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. – Delicia Simpson/Laborers Local 110 photos
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 head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries.
The campaign, which...
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 IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis were (front row from left) Bud Program Facilitator Harriet Holt, graduate Shannon Hotop, Missouri Works Initiative Executive...
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 the biggest gains in the union’s history.
“This agreement represents a monumental step forward and contains some of the biggest gains our local has ever achieved,”...
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