Tag: Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council
Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council returns to in-person meetings
Bailey urges support of Pritzker, Biden initiatives
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville, IL – Signs of a return to normal were plentiful last week, especially when...
Annual Labor/United Way Trap Shoot returns May 14
The 13th Annual Labor/United Way Trap Shoot and BBQ will take place Friday, May 14. Last year’s event was canceled due to concerns about...
Southwestern Illinois Building Trades Council endorses Cates for state Supreme Court
Collinsville, IL – Illinois 5th District Appellate Judge Judy Cates (center), now a candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court, was endorsed by the Southwestern...
Fairview Heights TGI Fridays removed from Do Not Patronize list
The Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council has removed TGI Fridays restaurant in Fairview Heights from the Council’s Do Not Patronize list, at...
Ron Kaempfe retiring from Local 520, exiting Southwestern Illinois Building and...
Collinsville, IL– The Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council will be getting a new president with the departure of Ron Kaempfe, who is also...
Metro East election rally set for Sept. 15
Collinsville, IL – Metro-East unions will hold a major election rally here on Sept. 15 to support Labor-backed candidates in the Nov. 7 election.
Talks...
Dale Stewart retiring as secretary-treasurer of the Southwestern Illinois Building &...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville – Dale Stewart has seen the building trades workers of the Metro East through good times and bad, busts and...
Rodney Davis is no friend of workers, challenger Londrigan says
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville – A leading Democratic candidate for Congress in the Illinois 13th District says incumbent Republican Rodney Davis is not the...
Workers’ lawyer steps up for Illinois appellate court race
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville – At a time when the all-important southern Illinois appellate court is in danger of tipping hard toward anti-Labor conservatives,...
Workers, political allies celebrate at Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades’...
Collinsville, IL – The Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council held its annual holiday party Dec. 1, filling Collinsville VFW Post 5691 with...