Tag: Belleville
GSW golf tournament Oct. 1 to benefit Contractors Association scholarship program
The Great Southwestern Illinois Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling and Mechanical Contractors (GSW) will host a golf tournament Friday, Oct. 1 to benefit the Association’s annual...
‘Small, but important,’ Belleville Labor & Industry Museum is gaining a...
By ROBERT KELLY
Correspondent
Belleville, IL — One of the nation’s most significant museums dedicated to the role of labor unions in American industry is tucked...
12th District COPE Golf Scramble Aug. 2
Belleville, IL – Play a round of golf with friends and raise money for important political causes on Friday, Aug. 2 in the 12th...
Hoffman: ‘Public education is worth fighting for’
Belleville, IL – State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) spoke to students at Franklin Elementary School here last week after a busy week in Springfield....
Belleville Labor and Industry Museum chronicles area’s rich Labor and industrial...
Belleville, IL – When the Illinois Municipal League held its annual conference here last fall, its members had a chance to tour the Belleville Labor...
Union members step in to ring the bells in St. Clair...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – More than 150 union volunteers turned out on Dec. 8 for Union Bell Ringing Day at locations in Belleville,...
‘Celebrating Solidarity’ – Thousands turn out for St. Louis, Granite City,...
Thousands of union members and working families turned out for this year's Labor Day parades celebrating the unity and strength of Organized Labor in St....
IBEW Local 309 officer and organizer Artie Minor dies
Belleville, IL – Arthur J. “Artie” Minor, 54, of Belleville, a longtime member and officer of IBEW Local 309, died Oct. 22.
Brother Minor was an...
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...
City’s lawsuit against hospital project is dismissed
Workers have already put 21,000 man-hours on the project
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville – One of the metro east area’s largest construction projects, the new...