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Workplace safety gains must be protected
Greater Madison County Federation of Labor remembers county’s fallen workers
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Alton – Workplace safety gains since Illinois adopted workers compensation a...
UFCW Union Rep. Karen Settlemoir-Berg to challenge Rep. Shaul in District...
Seeks office to defend working people from lying elected officials
Jefferson City – Karen Settlemoir-Berg has filed to run for House District 113 as a...
WORD CUP 2016
Bricklayers Local 1, Gas Workers 11-6 volunteer help for Lift for Life Gym
More volunteers are needed
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Volunteers from Bricklayers Local 1 and Gas Workers Local 11-6...
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JULY
July 29 – Robert O. Kortkamp Luncheon honoring John Ebeling, CWA Local 6300 Print...
St. Louis Emerging Labor Leaders raise $1,012 for Crisis Nursery
St. Louis Emerging Labor Leaders (ST-ELL), a group of young and newer union members working...
WRC Rally Cup
How Labor helped bring down Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner
By RACHEL M. COHEN
In the Nov. 6 election, in a strong rebuke to the anti-labor...
Pritzker’s Labor-endorsed fair tax plan moves toward a vote
Other Labor bills advance to the governor
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...
Fast food workers win first battle; area manager removed from store
First-ever St. Louis fast food walkout calls for $15 hourly wage, job respect, the right...
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Are you an alcoholic? Help is available
Alcoholism runs in families, studies show. According to Dr. Arturo C. Taca Jr. of INSynergy, a Creve Coeur-based clinic that specializes in treating addictions,...
Death by overwork: Building Workers International Union demands safety inspections at Tokyo Olympics
By AL NEAL
People’s World
Tokyo (PAI) — With construction proceeding apace on stadiums, arenas and other facilities for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, construction unions...
We are still UNION STRONG in Missouri
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
“Let’s keep the momentum of Prop A going.”
That’s the concept behind a new bumper strip available soon to all union members in...
As states reopen, tensions flare between the rule followers and rule breakers
By MICHELE GELFAND
Since Republicans, on average, are five times more likely than Democrats to believe it’s safe now to resume normal business activity, reopening...
Labor Tribune survey results: Impact of COVID-19 on working people
The Labor Tribune has been conducting a survey of workers impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, inquiring into their job status, working conditions and concerns....
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One vote seals fate of paycheck deception bill in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate's recent vote sustaining Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a paycheck deception bill has proved that one vote really can make a...
UAW supporting Machinists on strike against Laura Buick-GMC
SUPPORTING FELLOW UNION MEMBERS: Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2250, fresh off their strike against General Motors, are stepping up to support...
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McKesson strike
By DAVID A. COOK
President
As I write these words, the men and women of McKesson Corporation in O’Fallon are standing on a picket line. For the past week and around the clock, the men and...
Not getting your paper? The problem is at the Post Office
Changes imposed by Louis DeJoy still hampering delivery
If you have stopped receiving your Labor Tribune print edition, or it is regularly arriving late, you’re not alone. And it’s not our fault.
Delivery delays that started...
MOWIT calls for help remodeling kitchens, bathrooms at Baker House transitional home
Effort will take place March 7-14
Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT) has volunteered to remodel two kitchens and two bathrooms at the Baker House, a transitional home for women, and it needs your help.
The apartment...
NAWIC celebrating Women in Construction Week with three virtual events
The St. Louis Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is sponsoring three virtual events to kick off Women in Construction (WIC) Week, March 7-13.
WIC Week, which is celebrated the first...
St. Louis Labor Council COPE endorsements for March 2 and April 6
Following are the St. Louis Labor Council COPE endorsements for the March 2 and April 6 elections based on recommendations from area Labor Clubs and approved by Labor Council delegates on Feb. 16, 2021....
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page signs prevailing wage enforcement ordinance
New law will ensure stable, well-qualified workforce in St. Louis County
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Earth City, Mo. – St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page has signed into law Labor legislation requiring enforcement of the...
Missouri union members urged to show support for state senators fighting RTW, paycheck deception
Jefferson City – The Missouri Senate General Rules Committee is considering a pair of bills that would revive the specter of “right-to-work” and enact “paycheck deception” in the state.
Senate Bill 118 (SB 118) would...
Madigan, a strong ally of Organized Labor, resigns his seat in Illinois House, will...
Illinois AFL-CIO issues statement thanking Madigan for ‘legacy of accomplishments for working families’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Just weeks after losing his position as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael J....
OPINION: Amazon is fighting hard to stop warehouse workers from unionizing
By SONALI KOLHATKAR
Thousands of warehouse workers at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Ala., are at the center of a potentially game-changing union vote taking place right now. On Feb. 8, the warehouse workers were...
OPINION: Here’s the real reason the economy suffers under Republican presidents
By JOHN STOEHR
The New York Times’ David Leonhardt recently posed the question: “Why are Republican presidents so bad for the economy?”
In addition to considering the Gross Domestic Product and other empirical factors, we ought...