Tag: coronavirus pandemic
St. Louis Labor Council, area unions hosting food drive Dec. 11-12
Cancelation of this year’s Scouting for Food drive left a hole; Labor is working to fill it
Organized Labor is stepping up to meet the...
SEIU Healthcare workers demand hazard pay
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
With COVID-19 cases spiking across the region, and hospitals nearing capacity, frontline healthcare workers who have been sounding the alarm about...
Teachers’ unions demand action to slow spread of coronavirus
Missouri teachers’ unions urge statewide mask mandate;
Illinois teachers call on Gov. Pritzker to close schools
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
The union representing St. Louis public school...
OPINION: As stimulus runs out, 56% of U.S. households are worried...
BY MIKE LUDWIG
Truthout
More than half of households in the United States are not “very confident” that they can afford to put food on the...
Electrical Connection contractor Guarantee Electrical earns AGC Keystone Award for powering...
PayneCrest Electric also honored at awards program
In a year of unparalleled challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection member contractor Guarantee Electrical...
Laborers 110 provides Arnold Food Pantry with much-needed boost during pandemic
Union, members donate more than $8,900 and nearly 1,500 pounds of food
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
The Arnold Food Pantry has been hit particularly hard by the...
Scouting for Food drive going online this year
Like so many things in 2020, the annual Scouting For Food drive held each year around the country and in the St. Louis region...
Gateway LERA waives membership fees for 2021
The Gateway Labor and Employer Relations Association (LERA) board has decided to waive all co-sponsor, patron and individual membership fees for the 2021 program...
Guns ‘N Hoses postponed to 2021 over coronavirus concerns
The 34th annual Guns ‘N Hoses charity boxing event has been postponed to 2021 due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
During the annual...
Teachers union praises St. Louis Public Schools decision to delay reopening
The union representing St. Louis public school teachers – AFT St. Louis, Local 420 – is praising the decision by St. Louis Public Schools...