Teachers and support staff strike at KIPP St. Louis High School

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief Demand job security, better safety, steps to address teacher turnover St. Louis – After more than a year of negotiations, teachers and support...

OPINION: How unions and Joe Biden are launching a new frontier in American manufacturing

By DAVID MCCALL President United Steelworkers Tom Bixler and several hundred of his co-workers produced top-quality glassware at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, over the...

OPINION: Unions: The tide that lifts all boats

Union will help Troy community grow and prosper By DARIN GILLEY UAW Local 2250  It is a bold statement but one that can be proven with a...

Laborers Local 110 Volunteer Organizing Committee builds two playgrounds

Cadet, MO – Members of the Laborers Local 110 Volunteer Organizing Committee and other volunteers spent two days building and installing two playground sets...

Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive set for May 11

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) “Stamp Out Hunger” nationwide food drive is scheduled for May 11 this year, and letter carriers are...

St. Louis BUD program graduates 32nd class of pre-apprentices

FIFTEEN PRE-APPRENTICES recently graduated from the St. Louis Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis...

SIUE support and building service workers win over $1.4 million in new wage increases

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) clerical support and building service workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2887 and AFSCME Local 2232, overwhelmingly ratified...

4/25/24 Trophy Hunts: Send us your best shot

Share the hunt with your union brothers and sisters! Send us your photo, name and local. Email your information to sales@labortribune.com to be featured in an...

This Week in Labor History April 29-May 5

APRIL 29 1899 – An estimated 1,000 silver miners, angry over low wages, the firing of union members and the planting of spies in their...

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 celebrates retirement of United Association General Secretary-Treasurer Pat Kellett

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,...