Tag: contract negotiations
Update: Teachers’ strike averted in Alton School District
(UPDATE: The following story appeared in the April 19 Labor Tribune print edition. The following day, a new offer presented by the Alton School...
Crestwood police union – Teamsters Local 610 – says city is...
Props. P and C were intended to increase pay for first responders, but city is holding back
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Crestwood, MO – Members of the...
Washington University food service workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local...
More than 300 local food service workers employed by Bon Appetit, Washington University’s food service provider, have voted in favor of representation by United...
Rauner backs down on firing union prison nurses
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Labor can chalk up a victory over Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner after Rauner last week gave up on his...
In Illinois legislature, first veto fight may come over union prison...
Rauner wants to replace union jobs with out-of-state contractor’s low-paid, non-union workers
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Legislature has been passing a lot...
Strike, marathon bargaining session, membership unity led to a better contract...
Workers win fight for better life, return to work
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Sauget, IL – Nobody wants to go on strike, but sometimes it’s got to...
Supreme Court denies Rauner request against AFSCME members
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Supreme Court has denied Governor Bruce Rauner’s request to streamline the process for ruling on whether he can...
Holten Meat workers on strike for better hours, opportunity and dignity
UFCW Local 655 calls for boycott of Holten products
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Sauget, IL – The products of Holten Meats are usually the kind...
Holten Meat struck after company refuses to recognize seniority
Would hire new employees for day jobs instead of letting senior night shift workers move up
Sauget, IL – In a spectacular display of not...
Holten Meat strikers begin 24-hour picketing
Currently, 60-plus people are on picket line
Sauget, IL - Strikers at the Holten Meat Co., 1682 Sauget Business Blvd., Sauget, Ill., today extended their...