Tag: giving back 2017
IBEW Local 1 Sporting Clay Shoot raises $1,000 for members in...
Moscow Mills, MO – About 60 shooters braved bone-chilling temperatures Oct. 28 to raise $1,000 in the Sixth Annual IBEW Local 1 Sporting Clay...
Labor women making wishes come true
Belleville, IL – The Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council Working Women’s Committee’s ninth annual fundraiser will benefit Make-a-Wish Illinois with proceeds from a 50-50...
Union volunteers, Union Sportsmen’s Alliance revamp fishing piers at St. Louis’...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Just as the AFL-CIO’s Convention in St. Louis kicked off, union volunteers working with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) dedicated the...
Laborers 110 food drive raises over $12,000 for Operation Food Search
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
South St. Louis County – Laborers Local 110 members and their families helped raise more than $12,000 to feed the hungry in...
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 members make sure the ‘Heat’s On’
By MARY ANN O'TOOLE HOLLEY
Correspondent
With furnace filters, parts and roadmaps loaded into their trucks, about 300 volunteers from Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 swept...
Laborers Local 110 donates $100,000 to recent hurricane victims
The contribution was split between a fund for Puerto Rico and one for Texas, Florida and other Southeastern areas
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
In yet another selfless...
Utility Workers 335 rebuilds boat ramp destroyed in spring floods
Sunset Hills, MO – The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Missouri American Water and Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 335 volunteers completed construction of...
Electrical Connection donates services to rebuild electrical systems in home for...
Debbie Augustine thought she was on the threshold of stabilizing her life after recovering from a coma and a serious illness. The 47-year-old mother bought...
More than 300 union members assisting in disaster relief efforts in...
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
San Juan – More than 300 highly skilled union members flew to Puerto Rico Oct. 4 to help with disaster relief and...
Bricklayers Local 1, Gas Workers 11-6 volunteer help for Lift for...
More volunteers are needed
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Volunteers from Bricklayers Local 1 and Gas Workers Local 11-6 recently donated their time and labor to give a...