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By DARIN GILLEY
UAW Local 2250
September 2023 has turned into an extension of Strike Summer.
This is also the month NFL football begins a new season. All teams go into the season hoping to earn a trip to the Super Bowl. Most fans can remember the pre-snap cadence of Super Bowl winning quarterbacks like Peyton Manning (Purple 37, Omaha, Omaha)...
By DAVID A. COOK
President
Summer of 2023 might need to go down in history as the Summer of the Strikes.
Can anyone remember the last time that one summer was so dominated by discussions about Organized Labor and strikes? The writers and performers on strike in Hollywood certainly dominated most of the headlines, but let’s not forget what else we heard...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor-in-Chief
Wentzville, MO – Thousands of United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford, GM, and Stellantis walked out at midnight Thursday, Sept. 14, marking the beginning of the UAW’s Stand Up Strike – the first ever to target all three automakers – starting with the GM Wentzville Assembly plant, the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex and the Ford Michigan Assembly plant.
Rather than...
Could lay off more than 1,000 workers
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
U.S. Steel will idle one of its blast furnaces at the Granite City plant and potentially lay off more than 1,000 workers, blaming the United Auto Workers strike for the decision.
It is the only remaining blast furnace operating at the Granite City steel mill, which has been under pressure for...
By ROBERT KELLY
Correspondent
Belleville, IL — Gov. JB Pritzker delivered a rousing speech in support of Labor unions Aug. 31 during a quickly planned visit to the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council’s 55th Annual Labor Awards Dinner at Belleville.
Pritzker said he decided late in the week to attend the dinner to fulfill a promise to its organizers to meet and...
By TONY PECINOVSKY
St. Louis – “With union support, workers are becoming aware that they are pawns in the bottom line in a corporate drive for profits,” Claude Cummings, international president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) told more than 200 St. Louis area Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) members and friends gathered at the downtown Marriot Hotel...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
A multi-state federal lawsuit will now result in better reporting of workplace health and safety, according to an announcement from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
The new rule strengthens public reporting of workplace health and safety information and is slated to go into effect in January.
“Having sound data on workplace injuries allows employers to improve safety, which...
By LIZ SHULER
President
AFL-CIO
A few weeks ago, I stood on the streets of New York City with working actors, performers and writers from SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America who have been on strike for months now: risking their livelihoods to win a fair contract for themselves and all who come after. We chanted. We walked the picket...
By DAVID A. FRYE
Vice President
Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA)
There are no such things as “Republican bridges” or “Democratic roads,” but there is an undeniable difference between cheap talk and real results. When Joe Biden was elected President, he didn’t have ceremonial “infrastructure weeks” without ever doing anything about infrastructure, and he didn’t just talk about Making America...
As we (celebrated) another Labor Day, a day dedicated to honoring the hardworking individuals who power our nation’s industries, I wanted to… reflect on the significant role that unions play in making our lives better.
Labor Day serves as a poignant reminder of the historic struggles and accomplishments that have shaped the modern workforce. It is a day when we...