Union teachers at Grant District 110 call for new district leadership,...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Fairview Heights, IL – Grant-Illini Federation of Teachers Local 6600, the union representing teachers at Grant District 110, are calling out...
Hangovers worse? Maybe Covid is the cause
Can’t handle your booze like you used to? Covid-19 might be to blame.
An article recently published by researchers at Stanford University’s Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome...
April is Stress Awareness Month
There is a month for seemingly everything — stroke awareness, high blood pressure awareness, skin cancer awareness.
April is Stress Awareness Month. And for good...
Join Team Aetna for NAMIWalks St. Louis on May 11
May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
Aetna, a proud supporter of National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) St. Louis, is inviting union members and the...
The Rize Event Center joins UNITE HERE Local 74
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Assistant Editor
The Rize Event Center, a new a full-service catering and restaurant facility, has joined UNITE HERE Local 74.
The center is at...
Fitters beat Electricians in close 3rd Annual ‘Braggin’ Rights’ hockey game
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Assistant Editor
Hazelwood, MO – Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 narrowly defeated IBEW Local 1, scoring the winning trophy in the 3rd Annual...
Cleveland Cliffs again offers to buy U.S. Steel
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
An American steel company is willing to bid for U.S. Steel if the controversial deal with Nippon Steel falls apart...
Operating Engineers 513’s Nathan Weber joins South County Labor Club’s Executive...
Fenton, MO – Nathan Weber, an Operating Engineers Local 513 business representative, has joined the South County Labor Legislative Club as an executive board...
Steelworkers Local 1899, SOAR, WOS raise $9.5K for member’s grandson injured...
Granite City, IL – When Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Chapter 7-34-2’s Dennis Warren’s grandson suffered a workplace injury last year resulting in...
Operating Engineers 513 journeywoman wins national Construction Championship award
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Assistant Editor
Brittoni Calhoun, an Operating Engineers Local 513 journeywoman, has been honored with a national Construction Championship award for mentoring others.
The awards,...
CLUW donates $1.2K, personal items to Saint Martha’s to help women...
GIVING BACK – The St. Louis Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) has donated $1,200 and a slew of personal items...
Battlehawks offering discount tickets, donating $5 to the $5 Fight Fund...
Football is back in St. Louis, and with it a unique opportunity to help union families in need via the $5 for the Fight...
Phoenix passes landmark rule requiring heat protection for outdoor workers
The Phoenix City Council unanimously passed an ordinance last week that will provide protections from extreme heat for thousands of outdoor workers in the...
Union and worker-friendly golf tournaments
Area unions and union-friendly organizations are hosting the following fundraising and charity golf tournaments. To have your tournament listed, contact Editor-in-Chief Tim Rowden at...
California’s Grand Experiment
By DAVID A. COOK
President
After a relaxing Easter weekend made possible by the people working in our local retail grocery stores, I found myself scrolling...
St. Louis Labor Council endorsements for April 2 General Municipal Election
Following are the Greater St. Louis Labor Council’s endorsements for the April 2 General Municipal Election. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). UPDATED...
United Steelworkers union endorses Biden
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
United Steelworkers has endorsed President Joe Biden one week after he declared his opposition to the sale of U.S. Steel to...
Workers at Saint Louis University rally in front of SLU President...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor-in-Chief
St. Louis — Janitors and ground and maintenance crew workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 at Saint Louis...
OPINION: The 2024 election is about the rich stealing from the...
A fight over extending provisions of Trump’s tax cuts is at stake in November’s election. Ultimately, the race is about money.
By SONALI KOLHATKAR
There are...
OPINION: Immigrants are not hurting U.S.-born workers
Six facts to set the record straight
By DANIEL COSTA and HEIDI SHIERHOLZ
Economic Policy Institute
The immigrant share of the labor force reached a record high...