The Labor Tribune

Washington, DC – Discussing efforts to defeat Proposition A (“right-to-work”) in Missouri at the recent North America Building Trades (NABT) legislative conference, Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis (foreground at right) talks with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer...

VOTING ‘NO’ ON PROP. A: Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6300 Vice President Gordon Smith Jr. (left) and CWA Local 6355 President Natasha Pickens are protecting their pay by Voting NO on Prop....

Two signature gatherers told to let someone ‘touch them’ so they could use it against the unions By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Labor Tribune Exclusive In the deceptive effort funded by secret dark money groups to put a phony...

Union contracts’ paid sick days keep workers healthier while non-union workers will work while ill to protect pay – but risk infecting others By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher You’ve heard the old saying about “unintended consequences?” Well, here’s one for...

Four years without a raise By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Cahokia, IL – How long has it been since your last raise? A good little while, you say? Well, what if it were four years without a raise. What...

St. Louis Labor Council Union Labor Mass this Sunday, May 6 By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – The Missouri AFL-CIO hosted its annual Workers Memorial event here April 24, followed by the Federation’s annual barbecue with...

Saturday, May 12 is the day to “Stamp Out Hunger” by leaving donations for your letter carrier to pick up and deliver to local food pantries in the nation’s largest annual food drive. Food pantries...

It was the second longest bridge slide in U.S. history Members of Ironworkers Local 396 and 392 made history March 31 when they helped pick up and move a 20-million pound section the Poplar Street...

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 has filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold an organizing election for food-service workers at Christian Hospital Northeast in Hazelwood. The hospital contracts with Compass Group...

Last year’s version of the bill prompted allegations of pay-to-play politics By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – Bumping into chairs and grunting as he propped a package of shingles made by Joplin-based TAMKO Building Products against...