Tag: giving back 2017
St. Louis Emerging Labor Leaders kickball tournament to benefit St. Louis...
St. Louis Emerging Labor Leaders’ (StELL) annual Kick Start to School charity kickball tournament to benefit the St. Louis Crisis Nursery will be held...
Laborers 110 hosts fundraiser for ARCHway Institute, helping address heroin/opioid epidemic
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Laborers Local 110 hosted a recent fundraiser for the ARCHway Institute, bringing to about $40,000 the amount Local 110 has donated or...
Steamfitters Local 439’s annual Night at the Grizzlies is June 3
Sauget, IL – Nothing beats a night out at the old ballpark, especially if it’s for a good cause. So make plans to attend...
Food for Families drive begins April 17
Granite City – Madison County unions, schools and companies will join in April to restock the shelves of local food pantries in the second annual...
Weekly food bank helps steelworker families
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City – Even with some improvement evident at Granite City Steel, hundreds of workers there and at American Steel/Amsted Rail...
$5 for Fight struggles to keep pace
589 families rescued in ‘16, more waiting. Can you help?
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
Despite the mild winter months, the need for help for union families out-of-work...
Labor/United Way Trap Shoot is April 21
The 2017 Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ fundraiser will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, April 21, at the Winchester Trap...
P&PF 562 helps police officers remodel home of 65-year-old Army veteran
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
Pine Lawn - Once again, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 responded to an urgent plea for help, and a 65-year old disabled...
Female union carpenters share love of construction with Girl Scouts
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
A group of female union carpenters and other volunteers helped several Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri earn their Woodworking Badges on Saturday.
The...
IBEW Local 1 members lend helping hand to brother recently paralyzed
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
A group IBEW Local 1 members at Grasser Electric spent a recent Saturday morning trying to make the return home for one...