Tag: Granite City
Food for Families drive refills the pantries
Steel Workers, UFCW, Teamsters and Service Employees collected nearly 4,000 pounds of food
BY CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – A major community food drive,...
Steelworkers’ kids get a special visitor in time for Christmas
Granite City, IL – Santa paid a special visit to the children of United Steelworkers, hundreds of whom remain laid-off with benefits long exhausted,...
International AFL-CIO Convention guests visit Granite City, learn how bad trade...
Granite City, IL – More than 60 international labor guests attending the AFL-CIO convention in St Louis crossed the river to Granite City to...
Steelworkers say ‘Fire it up’ for national security
Hundreds rally in 100-degree heat
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – An overdue decision about whether excess capacity in the steel industry endangers national defense...
Community Rally at the Raceway Nov. 3 to benefit laid-off Granite...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Madison, IL – The Granite City Rotary Club, in conjunction with the mayors of Madison, Granite City and Pontoon Beach, IL,...
Resource fair for laid-off steelworkers is Sept. 14
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City – A resource fair for laid-off steelworkers will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at...
PHOTO GALLERY: Granite City Labor Day Parade brings out the union...
Granite City – Riding, walking, committed union members by the hundreds and their families turned out for the 35th Annual Tri-Cities Labor Day parade...
Steelworkers rally for a fair contract
More than 1,000 turnout in a show of solidarity. Steelworkers agree to keep working as long as negotiations continue
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City –...