Tag: Kansas City
Birdhouse builds bring together union members and families in Kansas City
Kansas City, MO—Volunteers from Laborers’ International Union of North American (LiUNA) Local 663 hosted a family bluebird birdhouse build in early February, marking the...
Kansas City Starbucks baristas win union
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Kansas City, MO — Starbucks workers continue to win union organizing victories in stores across the country, and today workers at the 41st &...
First Starbucks in Missouri files petition to unionize
One of 54 locations in 19 states to join Workers United
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Kansas City, MO – The Country Club Plaza Starbucks here is the...
Biden promotes infrastructure investments in visit to Missouri
“No more talking. Action!”
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Kansas City, MO — President Joe Biden came to the Show-Me state for his first stop on the...
OPINION – In praise of parents, and other nurturers, who labor...
By KEITH MORGAN
Pastor, Country Club UMC, Kansas City
With the month of May comes Mother’s Day and then in June comes Father’s Day. Being a...
Florissant City Council joins St. Louis and Kansas City urging repeal...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
The Florissant City Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for the repeal of Missouri’s so-called “right-to-work” law. In doing so, they...
Kansas teen gains national attention over equal pay
Jensen Walcott was fired after asking for the same salary as her male co-worker
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
The equal pay for equal work battle continues, and...