Tag: coronavirus pandemic
UnitedHealthcare donates $20,000 to help working families during COVID-19 crisis
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
UnitedHealthcare last week donated $20,000 to the Missouri AFL-CIO’s Working Families Relief Fund.
“This is a vital solidarity effort to support our brothers...
Metro-East Labor Day parades, awards banquets canceled or postponed
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has forced the cancellation of all of the usual Labor Day parades and celebrations in Madison...
Southwestern Illinois Building Trades resume in-person meeting – at a distance
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Sauget, IL – It’s been a tough and unusual year for area Labor and building trades councils, with social distancing requirements...
Missouri judge denies preliminary injunction in mail-in ballot lawsuit; notary still...
ACLU, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition file appeal
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
A Cole County judge has denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit seeking to allow all...
Don’t let the pandemic stop you from getting help for heart,...
Although COVID-19 has changed the world, it hasn’t changed the fact that hospitals are the safest place to be if there’s a heart attack,...
OPINION: The economy isn’t roaring back
Refusing to wear masks, socially distance will slow recovery
By RIK W. HAFER
Professor of Economics
Lindenwood University
The Labor Department announced that almost five million jobs were...
St. Louis Public School teachers hold silent protest over district’s reopening...
St. Louis Public School District (SLPS) teachers took part in a silent protest Monday to express their discomfort with the district’s reopening plan amid...
COVID-19 pandemic rocks entertainment and hospitality industry
For many union workers, 2020 is a lost year
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Is the economy bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic? For many, it depends on...
Illinois expands workers comp for first responders, health care workers
Springfield, IL – Illinois Gov. J.R. Pritzker has signed into law a bill to expand worker’s compensation benefits for first responders, health care workers,...
North County Labor Club meeting night before election day
Hazelwood, MO – North County Labor Legislative Club is hosting an in-person meeting on Monday, Aug. 3 – the evening before the Aug. 4...