AFL-CIO 28th Constitutional Convention: Welcome to St. Louis

By RICHARD TRUMKA President, AFL-CIO The AFL-CIO is pleased to bring its 28th Constitutional Convention to the great city of St. Louis. More than a thousand union members, guests and allies will come together around a...

Visit St. Louis! Popular landmarks, attractions & restaurants

Delegates and their guests attending the AFL-CIO’s 28th Constitutional Convention in St. Louis are sure to have their plates full with a week of planned activities. But if you find yourself with some extra...

Missouri Supreme Court sides with unions – again – over RTW ballot initiative

A victory for middle class, hard-working Missourians By TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – A desperate, last-ditch effort funded by out-of-state billionaires to deny Missourians the right to vote on the Citizens’ Veto referendum to repeal Missouri’s...

More than 300 union members assisting in disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico

By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent San Juan – More than 300 highly skilled union members flew to Puerto Rico Oct. 4 to help with disaster relief and rebuilding in the aftermath of destruction caused by Hurricane Maria. The...

Brother-in-law pays aerial tribute to Laclede Gas worker slain while on the job

Passengers flying to and from St. Louis over the Mississippi River are noticing something unusual from their windows in a farm field near St. Peters: the name “Alex” spelled out in massive letters in corn stalks. It’s a tribute to...

Duckworth asks for details on Trump’s long-awaited infrastructure plan

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Washington – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and the Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), are asking the Trump Administration to...

Team IBEW to participate in ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk’

IBEW Locals 1439 and 1455 secretary and breast cancer survivor Karen Krshul Long leading the effort By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent IBEW Locals 1, 2, 4, 1439 and 1455 are teaming up for this year’s “Making Strides...

AFL-CIO-sponsored RTW training will help you understand and discuss this anti-worker law

Understanding the facts about so-called “right-to-work” laws is key to having productive discussions with your friends, families and neighbors about the need to repeal this anti-worker, anti-union law when it goes on the ballot...

North County Labor Club promotes $8 for 8 to defeat ‘RTW’

NORTH COUNTY LABOR CLUB Secretary Jim Schuette of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 (left), President Fred Searcy of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 (center) and Vice President Tim Rone of Heat and Frost Insulators Local...

Proudie seeking Organized Labor’s support to unseat Democratic turncoat Courtney Curtis

RAYCHEL PROUDIE, a Democratic candidate for Missouri State Representative in the 73rd District, pledged her support for working families and asked for Organized Labor’s support in her campaign to unseat Democratic turncoat and “right-to-work”...