Tag: 12th Congressional District
Chip Markel confident in uphill battle to unseat 12th Dist. Congressman...
Chip Markel knows it’s an uphill battle to unseat an incumbent Republican Congressman in Illinois, but he’s in the run to win it.
Homer “Chip”...
‘The rich are getting richer,’ and power keeps growing for a...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Brendan Kelly, the St. Clair County state’s attorney and Democratic nominee for Congress in the 12th District, attended the recent SOAR...
Baricevic shows he’s a real contender for Congress
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – When C.J. Baricevic announced he was running for Congress last year and started making the rounds of union halls...
Southwestern Illinois COPE endorsements for March 15
Following are the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO local and 12th Congressional District COPE endorsements for the March 15 Primary Election. An asterisk...
OPINION: Unions must fight if they are to survive
By CHARLES ‘TOTSIE’ BAILEY
(EDITOR’S NOTE: “Totsie” Bailey, business manager for Steamfitters Local 439, Caseyville, IL, and president of the Illinois Pipe Trades Association, gave...
Steamfitters Local 439 leads the charge to get young Baricevic elected
‘Labor must get involved – to save itself’
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
The 2016 election is more than 10 months away, but Totsie Bailey is working hard...