Tag: Illinois
Metro Union Hockey team scores in fundraiser
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
The Metro Union Hockey Club held another successful fundraising game on Friday, March 1 at the Granite City Park District Ice...
IAM mourns tragic shooting at Aurora, IL factory
By MARY ANN HOLLEY
Correspondent
Aurora, IL – The International Association of Machinists is mourning the loss of two IAM Local 1202 members and three employees...
Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ is April 26
The 2019 Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ, the major fundraising event for the annual Labor/United Way Campaign, will be held from 8 a.m....
SOAR chapter noted in national newsletter
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Granite City SOAR Chapter 7-34-2 – the United Steelworkers retirees from the Metro East – made some...
SIUE Choir will perform union songs at March 5 concert
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville – Songs of the American Labor Movement performed by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Concert Choir will be featured in...
Minimum salary for Illinois public school teachers may go to $40,000
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The effort to create a higher new minimum salary for Illinois public school teachers is on again, with better...
Union approval rating, activism on the rise, even as membership slips
Missouri bucks national trend, adding 25,000 new members
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Sixty-two percent of Americans approve of labor unions today, up from 61 percent in 2017 and...
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 101 swears-in officers
Belleville, IL – UA Local 101 Plumbers and Pipefitters swore-in their officers Jan. 23 at the union hall here on Premier Drive. Taking the oath...
Pritzker begins new era in Illinois by pushing Labor’s agenda
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – On his first day in office, Jan. 14, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued orders and signed bills designed...
Laborers union official Kleinik will head Illinois Department of Labor
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – A longtime Laborers’ official and law enforcement officer with ties to southern Illinois, Michael Kleinik, has been appointed...