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By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
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OPINION: Amazon is fighting hard to stop warehouse workers from unionizing
By SONALI KOLHATKAR
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OPINION: Here’s the real reason the economy suffers under Republican presidents
By JOHN STOEHR
The New York Times’ David Leonhardt recently posed the question: “Why are Republican presidents so bad for the economy?”
In addition to considering...
IN MEMORIAM: Iron Workers Local 392’s Mark Jones
Mark E. Jones, an Iron Workers Local 392 member, died peacefully on Feb. 3, 2021 at his home in O’Fallon, Ill. He was 67.
Brother...
IN MEMORIAM: Iron Workers Local 392’s Charles Pelo
Charles T. Pelo, a second-generation and 30-year member of Iron Workers Local 392, died Jan. 30, 2021 at Mercy Hospital South. He was 77.
Brother...
VICTORIES
UFCW 655 wins second election at MERS Goodwill
Despite vicious anti-union campaign, employees vote to retain union as bargaining agent
Festus, MO – UFCW Local 655 scored a major victory when by a...
Sparta police union wins at Illinois Supreme Court
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Sparta, IL – The Sparta, Ill., police union has won a big victory in the Illinois Supreme Court, striking down a...
Stagehands Local 6 pickets convince Outback Presents to hire five...
Belleville, IL VICTORY – Stagehands Local 6 has been picketing shows at the Skyview Drive-In since mid-September in an effort to get promoters to...
Dispatchers, call takers represented by Teamsters Local 610 win first-ever contract...
Teamsters Local 610 dispatchers and call takers at St. Louis’ Abbott Ambulance overwhelmingly approved 50-2 (out of 56 employees) a first-time collective bargaining agreement...