Tag: Metro East
Metro-East Labor Day parades, awards banquets canceled or postponed
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has forced the cancellation of all of the usual Labor Day parades and celebrations in Madison...
Illinois Labor’s ‘Snacks’ project keeps on giving
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Wood River – The “Snacks to Go” project of Metro-East Labor groups to help hard-stressed hospital workers kept on rolling last...
Illinois Labor’s ‘Snacks to Go’ project takes off in a big...
Labor steps up to help healthcare workers pressed for time to eat
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Metro-East Labor leaders had high hopes when they launched a...
Labor steps up to help health care workers with ‘Snacks to...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Metro-East Labor leaders had high hopes when they launched a campaign in late April to provide on-the-go foods for overworked health workers...
Illinois unions lead campaign to provide ‘Snacks to Go’ for healthcare...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
East Alton, IL – Health workers in the Metro-East are getting a helping hand from the region’s Labor Movement, which is...
Hearings focus on southwest Illinois ‘Connector’ project
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Edwardsville – A series of public hearings to discuss potential public works projects in southern Illinois are focusing on a...
Pritzker and Stratton thank supporters at Steamfitters Local 439 hall, promise...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Caseyville IL – Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker and his running mate, Juliana Stratton, were such frequent sights in the Metro East during the...
Vote Nov. 6 – for the future of Labor
Illinois leaders call on working people to step up
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Workers must turn out on Nov. 6 and vote for the candidates who...
Illinois AFL-CIO endorses in 12th and 15th districts
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
All three of the Congressional districts that include parts of southern Illinois and the Metro East, the 12th, 13th and 15th...
Early voting has started in Madison, St. Clair counties for Illinois’...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Early voting for the March 20 primary has begun in the Metro East’s two largest counties, Madison and St. Clair, and...