Tag: coronavirus pandemic
SLU Hospital cafeteria workers demand hazard pay after three staff members...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
SLU Hospital cafeteria workers represented by SEIU Healthcare Missouri rallied in front of the hospital at the corner of Grand Boulevard and...
St. Louis Labor Council cancels Labor Day Parade amid COVID-19 pandemic
In a difficult choice for local union leaders, the St. Louis Labor Council Executive Board has canceled this year’s Labor Day Parade in downtown...
Missouri Supreme Court rules COVID-19 vote-by-mail lawsuit can proceed
Case heads back to Cole County Circuit Court for review; deadline to apply is July 22
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled June 23...
Laborers Local 773 distributing food to help members during coronavirus crisis
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Glen Carbon, IL – Local Labor unions have been working hard to help their members get through this difficult time, and...
2020 Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference canceled
The 10th Annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference scheduled for Oct. 2- 4 in Washington, D.C., has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The convention,...
OPINION: A ‘rich man’s recovery’
The economic legacy of the pandemic threatens to be an extraordinary new concentration of wealth
By TIM WU
Since January, Amazon’s stock price has gone up...
OPINION: U.S. offshore tax haven corporations still getting pandemic federal loans
By FRANK CLEMENTE
The Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic has been a disaster with over 110,000 Americans dead and two million having contracted the...