Tag: Solidarity
IBEW Local 1 introduces new women’s committee
Karaoke night planned for Aug. 25
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Missouri Correspondent
IBEW Local 1 has formed a new women’s committee, designed to strengthen the bonds between sisters...
OPINION: How solidarity helps workers through life’s struggles
By TOM CONWAY
President
United Steelworkers (USW)
Navigating washed-out roads and piles of debris, Mayra Rivera quickly began checking on coworkers and neighbors after Hurricane Fiona battered...
Inaugural Midwest Solidarity Ride reunites IBEW Motorcycle Club members from across...
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
For years, motorcycle enthusiasts belonging to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) riding clubs looked forward to the annual East Coast Solidarity...
Illinois backs down on Vandalia prison layoffs after AFSCME turns up...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Union workers at Vandalia Correctional Center in Illinois will not be facing reduced capacity or layoffs in the near future, following...
YOUR LETTERS: Union approval keeps rising! Welcome to the 20s!
According to Gallup, union approval is at a near 50-year high, with 64 percent of Americans approving of Labor unions.
That more than half of...
Workers’ talents, struggles on display at Bread & Roses’ ‘Art Is...
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
A collection of original paintings, posters and displays from local union members and nationally-known artists you won’t want to miss
A dramatic and...
Striking UAW members voting on GM contract offer this week
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors will continue through at least this Friday as the UAW’s 48,000 members vote on the union’s...
UAW, GM reach tentative agreement that could end month-long strike
The United Auto Workers and General Motors reached a tentative contract deal on Wednesday that could end a month-long strike that brought the company's...
UAW: GM’s latest contract proposal ‘going backwards’
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
United Auto Workers striking General Motors seemed to be making progress, but GM’s latest contract proposal not only failed to address member...
UAW/GM strike: ‘The eyes of the nation are waiting to see...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Wentzville, MO – More than 500 union members and their supporters gathered at United Auto Workers Local 2250 Hall Sept. 27 for...