Tag: Edwardsville
IBEW Local 309 honors longtime members with service awards
Edwardsville – IBEW Local 309 honored its longtime members with service awards at the annual retirees’ luncheon on Nov. 3 at Sunset Hills Country...
Edwardsville now has more SIU students than Carbondale
Edwardsville – It has been a little more than 50 years since Southern Illinois University began offering classes in its expansion into the Metro-East,...
UFCW 881’s Roberts newest member of Greater Madison County Federation of...
Wood River, IL – Mike Roberts of Highland is the newest member of the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor, representing United Food &...
New IBEW 309 journeymen on their way to great careers
Edwardsville, IL – Apprentices from the Southwestern Illinois Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee/IBEW 309 celebrated their graduation to journeyman status on May 11 with...
Edwardsville’s Erik Jones brings record of fighting for working people to...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville, IL – Erik Jones went to Washington as a Congressional investigative attorney and dealt with problems such as online rip-offs and...
Steel worker Wicklund is nominated for Congress
Edwardsville, IL – A steel worker, now on disabled status, is giving union supporters in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District a choice to make in the...