The Labor Tribune

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief Earth City, MO – Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 feted one of its own April 4, recently retired United Association of Plumbers, Fitters, Welders and Service Techs (UA) General Secretary-Treasurer and former...

By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent Fairview Heights, IL – Grant-Illini teachers are offering to extend their contract in order to help out the troubled school district’s financial plan. The members of IFT Local 6600 issued a statement April...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief St. Louis – Staff at Jewish Family Services in St. Louis (JFS) are organizing with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6400 as Jewish Family Services Workers United, citing high turnover...

By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Emeritus The United Auto Workers (UAW) is striving to bring the benefits and protections of a union contract to the Toyota workers in Troy, Mo. In response, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce...

By DAN BROOK Common Dreams The GOP is fiscally irresponsible in all sorts of ways. Republicans are worse for the economy overall, worse for gross domestic product, worse for the budget deficit and national debt, worse for...

By SHERI GASSAWAY Assistant Editor Florissant, MO – Cement Masons Local 527 first-year apprentices spent a couple weeks last month volunteering their services to give the historic Bockrath-Wiese House here new sidewalks and a handicap-accessible patio. The...

By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Emeritus Richmond Heights, MO – Starbucks workers across nation that have won elections for union representation were recently surprised with a “Congratulations, we’re with you” visit from union members and supporters bearing...

Tickets are still available for the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans 2024 Workers Memorial Day Interfaith Prayer Service and Brunch Sunday, April 28, at the Shrine of St. Joseph at 11th and Biddle streets...

Did you look up at the solar eclipse last week without your safety glasses? Looking at the sun — even when it’s partially covered like during the eclipse — can cause eye damage. There is...

St. Louis – Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 and its retiree’s club have donated an extra $5,250 to Foundations for Divergent Minds, an all autistic-run, non-profit organization rooted in the principles of disability justice,...