The Labor Tribune

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Belleville, IL – Ed Smith recently returned from Washington D.C. to speak about the election to Illinois labor supporters, but it wasn’t the presidential election that was on his mind. Instead it...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor State Senator Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) and state House candidate Vicky Englund spoke to members of IATSE Local 6 (Stagehands), IATSE Local 143 (Projectionists) and Decorators & Displaymen USW Local 39 at...

By TIM ROWDEN Editor Monarch Fire Fighters have won a significant court case against the Monarch Fire Protection District Board upholding an evergreen clause in the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2665’s contract agreement...

  By TIM ROWDEN Editor St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at 4967 Forest Park Ave. held a Greek Festival over Labor Day weekend with electrical service provided by Sachs Electric. Sachs wasn’t the church’s first choice. The original contractor...

Thurston, Monetti also are top honorees By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Belleville – East St. Louis School District teachers were presented with the first-ever Solidarity Award by the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council at its annual awards banquet Sept....

“We Are Union & We Vote!” With that theme in mind, thousands of union members turned out for the Greater St. Louis Labor Council’s annual Labor Day Parade Sept. 5 in downtown St. Louis. Check out...

 Belleville – The 2016 Belleville Labor Day Parade took thousands of union supporters and a great display of the mechanized equipment they use on the job through downtown Belleville on Monday morning, Sept. 5. The...

 Granite City – ­The 36th Annual Tri-City Labor Day Parade capped the two-week Labor Day celebration of the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor on Sept. 5. The events began on Aug. 24 with the...

  The Alton/Wood River Union Family Parade, sponsored by the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor, was held on Aug. 24, drawing a large and enthusiastic crowd of union members, their families and supportive onlookers,...