Rauner lays off prison nurses, replaces tower guards with cameras

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield, IL – It’s getting tougher to work for the state of Illinois, especially if you’re a union member working at...

St. Louis Labor Council seeking names of workers lost to be...

The Greater St. Louis Labor Council is asking all affiliated unions to provide names of their unions’ members who were deceased in the years...

MOARA Education Fund providing volunteers to help register union members, families

Registered voters’ signatures needed for Citizens’ Referendum to stop ‘RTW’ By TIM ROWDEN Editor As the Missouri AFL-CIO and its affiliate unions prepare to begin circulating a Citizens...

Duke McVey honored at Kortkamp Memorial Awards Luncheon

By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent Retired Missouri AFL-CIO President Daniel “Duke” McVey recently was honored with the 2017 Robert O. Kortkamp Humanitarian Award presented by the...

Food for Families drive begins April 17

Granite City – Madison County unions, schools and companies will join in April to restock the shelves of local food pantries in the second annual...

SEIU Local 1, UMSL faculty file suit against U of M...

Rules for election ‘not how bargaining in good faith works’ By TIM ROWDEN Editor Normandy, MO – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, representing faculty trying to unionize...

IBEW 309 electrician publishes book on his grandfather’s amazing life in...

'Louch’ drove a tank from D-Day to V-E Day By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Collinsville – Louis J. Baczewski grew up in nearby Pocahontas, IL, enjoying a peaceful...

Ballwin Police officer paralyzed in shooting getting a new smart home

By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEY Correspondent Ballwin – At the top of the steep hill, within view of the Ballwin Police Department, Officer Mike Flamion will...

RTW referendum petition signatures must be collected on the official printed...

Volunteers must be trained before collecting signatures Union members and volunteers eager to help in the collection of signatures on a referendum petition to stop...

‘Right-to-work’ referendum approved by Secretary of State

Petition would refer RTW legislation to Missouri Voters in November 2018 Jefferson City – A petition seeking the referral of “right-to-work” legislation to Missouri voters...