LERA to provide arbitration update June 6

Registration deadline is May 30 The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Gateway Chapter will offer its popular arbitration program called “Arbitration 2018: The good,...

Midwest School for Women Workers begins June 25 in Minnesota

This year’s Midwest School for Women Workers, a four-day leadership and skill-building program for women, begins June 25 at the University of Minnesota in...

Staff at The Southern Illinoisan votes to join the United Media Guild

Mass layoff prompted move to unionize By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Carbondale, IL – The staff at The Southern Illinoisan, the regional paper in Carbondale, voted 12-0...

CAUTION: RTW states are less family safe

One in four of the top 25 ‘worst’ states for overall safety are RTW By ED FINKELSTEIN Publisher Safety is something we want to take for granted....

Clean Missouri and Raise Up Missouri coalitions submit signatures to place initiatives on ballot

Clean Missouri would increase transparency, accountability in state government; Raise Up would raise state’s minimum wage to $12/hour by 2023 BY TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City –...

Fire Fighters Local 73 celebrates 100th anniversary

Event commemorating the centennial set for May 20 By SHERI GASSAWAY Correspondent Fire Fighters Local 73, representing fire fighters, paramedics, EMTs and dispatchers of the St. Louis...

Mine Workers’ Roberts brings Mother Jones back to the fight

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Mt. Olive, IL – If the legacy of Mother Jones, the great union organizer, is being overlooked in much of America, at...

260,000 working people joined unions last year to change a rigged system

Washington –The Labor Movement is growing again as working people who have had enough of a rigged system band together for change. Last month, more...

Madison County’s newest judge comes from a union family

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Edwardsville, IL – Madison County’s newest associate judge is a strong supporter of Labor. Ron Foster, Jr., selected to replace Donald M. Flack,...

Wash U graduate workers continue to fight for summer pay, fair treatment

Washington University graduate workers, students, faculty and community allies rallied at the University’s 2018 Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner April 25 to...