The Labor Tribune

By ROBERT FEDER The Daily Herald Editorial employees of the Chicago Tribune have announced plans to seek union representation – a first in the 171-year history of...

Washington (PAI) – Building trades union leaders lauded a Trump administration interagency agreement to speed up federal permits to build infrastructure projects. President Donald J....

Job-creating development paid for with union pension funds By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent The AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust (BIT) recently hosted a labor appreciation luncheon for the union...

Lineman Ron Scott tells the story of his trip By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Collinsville, IL – If a big tornado were to hit here, tearing down the...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Voters in Jefferson and Franklin counties voted April 3 to raise their taxes to support law enforcement. After St. Louis City and County...

The St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council’s Building Union Diversity (BUD) program graduated its 12th class of pre-apprentices recently, setting 12 graduates on...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a report revealing millions in potential inaccuracies by the Department of Labor...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City — In a rare win for Democrats in the Republican-majority Missouri Legislature, the Missouri Senate unanimously passed a bill sponsored...

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – More than half the employees working for the Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s office are paid by state agencies with...

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Edwardsville – A noted friend of Labor, Anthony Ryan Jumper, has been named Madison County’s newest associate judge by a vote...

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Mt. Olive, IL – United Mine Workers International President Cecil Roberts will lay a wreath on the grave of Mother Jones and...

An organization that works to strengthen the St. Louis minority- and women-owned contracting community – Regional Union Construction Center (RUCC) – has named IBEW...

By MARK GRUENBERG PAI Staff Writer New York (PAI) – Fight For $15 And A Union, the Labor-backed drive to empower low-wage workers nationwide, rejected a...

Chicago — After a nine-month negotiation process, the 11-member bargaining unit at People’s World has voted unanimously to ratify the first union contract in...

Is a Blue Wave coming to Missouri? By TIM ROWDEN Editor At the close of candidate filing on March 27, the Missouri Democratic Party had candidates running...

Reservation deadline is April 16 The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) is holding a women’s leadership skills conference that begins April 30 in Silver...

Chicago-hired carpetbaggers get $3 - $5 a signature; told to lie to public; provoke union member into a fight By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Petitioners hired from...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – Union members from throughout Missouri traveled to State Capitol March 28 to voice their opposition to the phony “right-to-work”...

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent East Alton, IL – Several recipients at the 29th annual Labor Awards Banquet of the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor last...

By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent Labor Tribune publisher Ed Finkelstein has been honored with the 2018 Robert O. Kortkamp Humanitarian Award for his years of caring dedication...