Social media helping Southern Illinois unions campaign in state senate race

West Frankfort, IL — With the help of social media, IBEW 702 is getting unprecedented support from its members and other union members for Saturday morning campaigning for state Sen. Gary Forby. Forby, a veteran...

Labor Solidarity Rally March 27 in Jeff City. Be There!

Jefferson City – Have you made your plans to attend the Labor Rally here on March 27? If not, it’s time to start planning! While the rally is a building trades rally to protest to...

Simmons law firm offers $25,000 ‘match challenge’ for $5 Fight Fund

Alton - With the need for financial help for unemployed union families still growing, the Simmons Law Firm has stepped up to offer a major challenge to the labor movement: they are offering a...

Laborer, family lived in hotel till $5 Fight Fund stepped in

Bridgeton – Kurt has known good times and bad. When times were good, Kurt, 43, would alternate between general labor and environmental testing as a member of Laborers Local 42. When the work dried up...

‘Everyone was walking by in disbelief!’

Thanks to Shop ‘N Save, Sheet Metal Workers 36 and Postal Workers Branch 343 from grateful soldiers fighting for us. Afghanistan -Forward Operating Base- “Everyone was walking by in disbelief!” With that comment, the efforts of...

IBEW 1 training members for electric car charging stations installs

St. Louis- IBEW Local 1 and the St. Louis National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) have launched the first electrical car training program in Missouri, one of the few in America. The only program of its...

2012 ‘$5 for the Fight’ campaign gets its first major donation – $5,500

The first major donations - $5,500 – for the $5 for the Fight Fund to help unemployed working families have launched the 2012 campaign. They came from Aetna Life Insurance Company and Lancia Consulting...

Building Trades Solidarity Rally March 27

To protest unprecedented attack on workers; take a bus, drive your car, walk if you have to, but BE THERE. Jefferson City – With workers and unions, especially the building trades, under attack in Jefferson...

Arnold rejects American Water takeover bid citing concerns for its workers

Utility Workers 335 fight against sale shed light on onerous bid demands by anti-union company Arnold, MO – The City of Arnold last week rejected an effort by the anti-union Missouri American Water Company to...

2012 ‘$5 for Fight’ campaign kicks off; please give what you can; help is...

With this issue (Feb. 16-22), we launch the 2012 “$5 for the Fight” campaign to support the many thousands of union families still out of work and needing financial help. As of last Monday, there...