Tag: jobs
Painters’ Skills Workforce Center helps disadvantaged youth learn skills, get union...
‘…best thing that’s ever happened to me’
By TONY PECINOVSKY
Special Correspondent
To help young people climb out of poverty, Painters District Council 58, spanning St. Louis...
Take that RTW: Missouri leads the nation in business creation
Missouri more than 10 points higher than second-place Kentucky
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Missouri led the nation in business creation in 2013 – despite NOT being a...
Meetings on Geospatial location draw big crowds
By CARL GREEN
Special Correspondent
While many St. Louisans were downtown Tuesday to support keeping the Rams here, the Army Corps of Engineers was launching...
‘Truly disappointing:’ Circuit judge strikes down St. Louis minimum wage increase
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
“Truly disappointing” is how Frances Holmes, a 52-year-old McDonald’s worker from St. Louis described a circuit judge’s recent ruling voiding the city...
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway promises to enforce prevailing wage
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has been making the rounds of Eastern Missouri labor clubs and recently visited the St. Louis Building & Construction...
Beleaguered Steel Workers in Granite City now face layoff threat
Granite City – United Steel Workers leaders are asking members who work at Granite City Steel to remain focused, work safely and not be...
Missouri Home Care Union launches initiative petition campaign to improve wages...
The Missouri Home Care Union has launched a new initiative petition campaign to require that in-home care service providers and consumer-directed services vendors pay...
Alton Steel working through tough negotiations
East Alton – Across the nation, Steelworkers and their industry are holding their collective breath while the big companies try to negotiate new contracts...
OUR VIEW: We’ve won a huge battle, but not yet the...
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
MISSOURI WINS, AGAIN.
The elation was palpable. When on Sept. 16 the Speaker announced the vote that unceremoniously dumped right-to-work once again back...
No deals, no strike but some hope seen in steel talks
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City – Granite City Steel workers were brought a message with at least some hope in it at meetings...