Tag: Laborers Local 42
Sherrie Ponder, a woman trailblazer, proud to be a member of...
By MARY ANN O'TOOLE HOLLEY
Correspondent
In 1983 Sherrie Ponder was a single mother with two young children, juggling two jobs to pay the rent and...
Union contractors replace non-union company on jobsite where two workers were...
Work was at least six months behind schedule
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Fe Equus, the Milwaukee-based developer of The Last Hotel at 1501 Washington Ave. where two...
Ryan Griffin Memorial Foundation, formed by retired Laborers Local 42 organizer,...
By MARY ANN O'TOOLE HOLLEY
Correspondent
There’s a lot of talk about fighting the opioid crisis, but Rick Griffin, a retired organizer with Laborers Local 42...
Union volunteers present American Labor Movement Merit Badge workshop for Scouts...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Eureka, MO – Laborers Local 42 member and Boy Scouts of America volunteer Rick Hammond and John Bundren, Local 42 member and...
Prop A decision Aug. 7 in Missouri will determine ‘the future...
As union members crowded into Laborers Local 42 hall in St. Louis June 24 for a rally and action to defeat Proposition A (RTW),...
What they saw before two workers were killed
Laborers Local 42 members knew there were problems on the Washington Ave. jobsite where two workers fell to their deaths
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Laborers Local 42...
Workers’ deaths expose numerous unsafe work conditions, false statements, distortion, misdirection...
Laborers 42 had been working to organize the jobsite
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Joey Hale and Ben Ricks had only been at work for three hours when...
Grandpa says ‘Vote NO on Prop A’
IT DOESN'T MATTER how old you are, Prop A (RTW) is WRONG for Missouri. Just ask Louis Sellers, retired Laborers Local 42 Laborer, and his...
Workers killed on Washington Ave. construction site Monday were not current...
The workers employed by Gencorp Services and World Wrecking at the time of the accident were not members of Local 42, despite false claims...
Laborers 42 treats retirees to an exciting day at the ballpark
Laborers Local 42 treated its retirees to a day at the ballpark, Thursday, April 26. It was a perfect day for a ballgame, with...