Tag: job loss
OPINION: Trump’s tariffs tank jobs
By RIK W. HAFER
One of President Trump’s campaign pledges in 2016 was to correct “unfair” trade relations with other countries, especially China. He vowed...
‘Roll-in’ event urges action to help entertainment and event industry workers,...
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
They’re the first to come and the last to leave. Except in a pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has completely shut down the...
COVID-19 pandemic rocks entertainment and hospitality industry
For many union workers, 2020 is a lost year
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Is the economy bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic? For many, it depends on...
It’s not just jobs that people are losing during the pandemic,...
In the months since the coronavirus struck, our economy has been devastated. More than 1.54 million people have confirmed COVID-19 cases. And more than...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: Have you lost your job to an illegal,...
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
ATTENTION READERS:
I would like to talk with a reader who lost their job as a result of an undocumented immigrant taking it....
31 Granite City hospital workers callously thrown out of their jobs
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Thirty-one union dietary workers at Gateway Medical Center – a union town hospital – are out of...
Communications Workers, Writers Guild seek probe of Sprint/T-Mobile merger
Washington (PAI) – The Communications Workers, the Writers Guild of America-West and 10 other consumer and communications organizations are asking the incoming Democratic chairmen...
Greitens administration refuses to let local contractors bid on $30 million...
‘Outrageous;’ ‘disgraceful;’ ‘bizarre;’ ‘illegal’
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
At least 100 Missouri workers will lose three years of work because the State of Missouri will not allow...
Indiana Republican’s shocking revelation: Prevailing Wage repeal hasn’t saved money
Missouri was spared this legislative session, but Gov. Greitens could still call lawmakers back to address repeal
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
Tasked by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens...