Tag: Juneteenth
Why Juneteenth Matters
By DAVID A. COOK
President
By the time you read this we’ll be only days away from Juneteenth, the newest federal national holiday, signed into law...
CBTU sponsors Juneteenth celebration, cleanup
Many unions join effort
By KEVIN MADDEN
Correspondent
More than 40 volunteers collected enough trash to fill two 20-foot-long dumpsters Saturday, June 18 during the Third Annual...
Juneteenth origins date to Civil War
Celebration traced to freeing of slaves in Texas in 1865
By TOM EMERY
Correspondent
Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday in the calendar. Its origins, however, date...
SEIU 1 janitors seeking June 19 as official holiday
Janitors working in downtown St. Louis in current contract negotiations, in addition to seeking wage and benefit improvements, are asking three major cleaning contractors...
Street cleanup will follow Juneteenth rally Saturday, June 18
Saturday, June 18, everyone is invited to the third annual Coalition of Black Trade Unionist (CBTU) Day of Action with a short rally at...
CBTU St. Louis Chapter celebrates Juneteenth with cleanup of MLK Drive
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) hosted a Juneteenth Clean Sweep June 19 to rally and clean up trash and weeds on Dr....
St. Louis CBTU Chapter hosting Juneteenth Labor for Black Lives rally...
On June 19, 1865 – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation – enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were finally...