Tag: Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council
Illinois Democratic Party Chair Kelly to Southwestern Illinois Building Trades: ‘We...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville, IL – Metro-East Labor leaders made some room last week for Illinois’ new Democratic Party chair, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly...
IN MEMORIAM: Former IBEW 309 business manager, building trades head David...
Belleville, IL – David D. Foree, a leading figure in the Metro-East Labor Movement from the 1960s through the 2000s, died on Tuesday, April...
Metro-East trades creating library of videos on union trades careers for...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – It seems like a lifetime ago that building trades unions and a regional development group in the Metro-East...
Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council hosting sporting clays fundraiser
Sparta, IL – Labor supporters can help their political candidates and fire off a few rounds on Saturday, Sept. 7, at a sporting clays...
Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ is April 26
The 2019 Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ, the major fundraising event for the annual Labor/United Way Campaign, will be held from 8 a.m....
Building Trades’ Dale Stewart honored at his last meeting; Steamfitters 439’s...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Collinsville, IL – It may have been Dale Stewart’s last meeting as executive-secretary treasurer of the Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades...
Southwestern Illinois Building Trades volunteers, retirees work to renovate St....
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
East St. Louis, IL – Volunteers from Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades unions have been helping renovate an important resource for...
John Baricevic honored by SW Illinois Building Trades
By CARL GREEN
Correspondent
Collinsville, IL – In 36 years of public service, John Baricevic always put the needs of working people and their families first,...
Mike Faust remembered as tough but fair
By CARL GREEN
Correspondent
Collinsville, IL – IBEW Local 309 Business Manager Tim Evans recalls the late Robert Joseph “Mike” Faust as a tough but fair...