Tag: contract negotiations
Holten Meat employees reject latest contract offer, authorize strike
Employees at Holten Meat immediately set up picket lines after rejecting yet another proposal from their employer
Members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local...
CWA Local 6300, AT&T have tentative deal
CWA Local 6300 reported that its bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with AT&T SW over the contract that expires April 8.
“After a...
SLU adjunct faculty, allies rally to support proposed contract
National day of action to reclaim higher education
Saint Louis University (SLU) professors, alumni, community allies and SEIU Local 1 members rallied on campus March...
AFSCME members authorize first strike
Union willing to compromise, Rauner won’t even meet
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – In the first-ever strike authorization vote in Illinois state government, an...
Machinists District 9 rallies support for American Pulverizer strikers
By MARY ANN HOLLEY
Correspondent
It’s hard times for Union brothers and sisters as “right-to-work” looms over Missouri, but the 21 members of the Machinists’...
Illinois IAM members ratify contract with Hollister-Whitney; end strike
By MARY ANN HOLLEY
Correspondent
QUINCY, IL - International Association of Machinists Local 822 members in Quincy, IL, are back on the job after a nearly...
35,000 AFSCME workers to vote on first-ever strike
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville – The 35,000 members of AFSCME Council 31 –the largest group of Illinois government employees – are now holding...
IAM Solidarity strong in Poage Chevrolet victory
Strike ends… with help from union members and community
By MARY ANN HOLLEY
Correspondent
International Association of Machinists District 9 Business Representative Dwight Terry said the recent...
Illinois state workers sue to block ‘impasse’ ruling
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Unionized state workers, staring down the possibility that Gov. Bruce Rauner could unilaterally remake their contract, sued last...
UFCW 655 members approve contracts with Dierbergs, Shop ’n Save
Economics, benefits of pacts same as those accepted by Schnucks employees
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Thanks to the bargaining efforts of UFCW Local 655 and the...