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Metro East officials have had it with the Corps of Engineers on levee project

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Collinsville – Metro East labor and government officials are blasting the Army Corps of Engineers for slowing the rebuilding of Mississippi...

Highland teachers give pay freeze ‘offer’ a cold shoulder

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Highland IL – It was a cool, cloudy day on the picket line outside of Highland High School on Sept. 12,...

Carrigan calls on Labor to get out the vote

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Belleville – “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan told union leaders at the Southwestern...

Illinois Labor Council recognizes contributions to labor and community

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Belleville – The Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council recognized union members and labor leaders for their contributions to labor and their...

Labor weighs difficult questions, how it can help in Ferguson

‘We have to find ways to serve our community better’ By TIM ROWDEN Editor While the facts and circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael...

Durbin calls on Democrats to get to the polls in November

By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Collinsville – U.S. Sen. Richard “Dick” Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois and Senate majority whip, visited the Metro East last...

Gov. Quinn: Support for working families, jobs focus for the future

Quinn supports labor; his Republican opponent does not By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Collinsville – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) supports labor. Bruce Rauner, his Republican opponent...

Union pension investment funds helping to preserve St. Louis history

$37.5 million investment from Ullico helping preserve and build anew in the old DeBaliviere Place neighborhood By CARL GREEN Staff Writer St. Louis – In many ways,...

Judge puts ‘theft’ of Illinois pensions on hold

Judge says lawsuits challenging the law must be decided By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Springfield IL – Illinois’ ever-contentious public employees pension issue now sits in a...

Donations for Mother Jones Monument restoration top $61,000

‘As important a story as any in America’ By CARL GREEN Illinois Correspondent Mt. Olive IL – The Mother Jones Monument saw one of its biggest crowds...