The Labor Tribune

Annual event raises funds for Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp for Kids By TIM ROWDEN Editor Sauget, IL – There’s something special about a night at...

HELPING CHILD BURN VICTIMS, Gary Vasquez, president of the Great Southwestern Illinois Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling & Mechanical Contractors, presented Steamfitters Local 439 Business Manager...

This is the 15th year the Electrical Connection has partnered with Rebuilding Together St. Louis to help those less fortunate in the community By TIM...

By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent Affton, MO – With the sounds of hammers hitting nails and saws and drills abuzz, excitement was in the air for 35...

By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent For women considering a career in the trades and apprentices interested in learning new skills, volunteering at one of the Missouri Women...

Laborers Local 42 treated its retirees to a day at the ballpark, Thursday, April 26. It was a perfect day for a ballgame, with...

Steel Workers, UFCW, Teamsters and Service Employees collected nearly 4,000 pounds of food BY CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Granite City, IL – A major community food drive,...

Jefferson City –  A bill pending in the General Assembly would bring greater transparency to the awarding of state contracts, Missouri State Auditor Nicole...

Springfield, IL – A bill that would penalize Illinois corporations that ship their call centers out of state or overseas was passed by House...

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Belleville – It’s been 18 years – since 1995 – that anyone other than James Clayborne Jr. has represented the Belleville-East St....

Washington, DC – Discussing efforts to defeat Proposition A (“right-to-work”) in Missouri at the recent North America Building Trades (NABT) legislative conference, Missouri AFL-CIO...

VOTING ‘NO’ ON PROP. A: Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6300 Vice President Gordon Smith Jr. (left) and CWA Local 6355 President Natasha...

Two signature gatherers told to let someone ‘touch them’ so they could use it against the unions By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Labor Tribune Exclusive In the deceptive effort...

Union contracts’ paid sick days keep workers healthier while non-union workers will work while ill to protect pay – but risk infecting others By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher You’ve...

Four years without a raise By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Cahokia, IL – How long has it been since your last raise? A good little while, you say? Well,...

St. Louis Labor Council Union Labor Mass this Sunday, May 6 By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – The Missouri AFL-CIO hosted its annual Workers Memorial event...

Saturday, May 12 is the day to “Stamp Out Hunger” by leaving donations for your letter carrier to pick up and deliver to local...

It was the second longest bridge slide in U.S. history Members of Ironworkers Local 396 and 392 made history March 31 when they helped pick...

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 has filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold an organizing election for food-service workers at...

Last year’s version of the bill prompted allegations of pay-to-play politics By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – Bumping into chairs and grunting as he propped a...