Exclusive report: Despite union volunteers on the ground, Puerto Rico recuperation...
Residents overjoyed when help arrives, but destruction, red tape is slowing everything
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
San Juan, Puerto Rico – “Did we do something wrong?” asked...
CBTU honors Labor, civil rights, community leaders at Ernest and...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Richard Trumka, president of the national AFL-CIO; Pierette “Petee” Talley, secretary-treasurer of the Ohio AFL-CIO; and Martin Mathews, co-founder and president emeritus...
Bricklayers Local 1 bannering new Chick-Fil-A on Hampton Ave.
South St. Louis – Bricklayers Local 1 is bannering the new Chick-Fil-A location under construction at 3801 Hampton Ave. because Chick-Fil-A’s general contractor, Georgia-based...
Labor Movement leading political shift
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Just one year after Donald Trump was elected president, the political landscape shifted yet again, in major elections in New Jersey and...
Hoffman advances pro-worker legislation through House Labor and Commerce Committee
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Illinois State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville) has passed legislation that holds businesses accountable for mistreating their employees out...
Labor-backed Prop. P for police, fire fighter salaries passes in St....
Eureka voters pass Prop. S to hire more fire fighter/paramedics; Antonia FPD’s Prop. Fire Safety failed
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Overall, it was a good election for...
Republican’s ‘trickle-down’ tax plan is a bait and switch for workers
The GOP’s new “trickle-down” tax plan is built on the same sham economic theory Republicans have been promoting since the Reagan era – give...
Union plumber who stopped Texas church shooter epitomizes ‘brotherhood’
Sutherland Springs, TX – Stephen Willeford, the man who shot at and chased the man who killed 26 people in a Texas church here...
St. Louis, America at a crossroads for Labor, equal justice
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
St. Louis and America are at a crossroads, the Rev. Terry Melvin, president of the International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)...
End Citizens United endorses Senator McCaskill for re-election
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
End Citizens United (ECU) has endorsed Senator Claire McCaskill for re-election in Missouri. McCaskill has been a strong advocate for transparency and...