Tag: Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council
Labor/United Way Trap Shoot is April 21
The 2017 Labor/United Way Trap Shoot & BBQ fundraiser will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, April 21, at the Winchester Trap...
Illinois Labor Council endorses sales tax proposals
Supports Eckert for Belleville mayor
BY CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville – The Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council is endorsing both 1 percent sales tax proposals on...
St. Clair County tax plans could boost school, public safety construction...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – St. Clair County union leaders are helping in the push for a 1 percent sales tax for school...
United Way to offer Union Community Activist Network training Dec. 2
The United Way of Greater St. Louis is offering a one-day Union Community Activist Network (UCAN) training session on Friday, Dec. 2 to help union...
Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council names day for Bill Thurston
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – As president of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, Bill Thurston has issued plenty of resolutions over the...
Ed Smith: Labor needs to take back Southern Illinois
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville, IL – Ed Smith recently returned from Washington D.C. to speak about the election to Illinois labor supporters, but it...
Teachers win Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council’s first Solidarity Award
Thurston, Monetti also are top honorees
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Belleville – East St. Louis School District teachers were presented with the first-ever Solidarity Award by the Southwestern...
ULLICO’s Ed Smith will speak at Labor Council awards dinner
Belleville, IL – Bill Thurston, president of the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, has lined up one of the Midwest’s top union leaders to speak...
Southwestern Illinois COPE endorsements for March 15
Following are the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO local and 12th Congressional District COPE endorsements for the March 15 Primary Election. An asterisk...
PHOTO GALLERY: Belleville parade and picnic draws array of union families...
Belleville – Hundreds of union families turned out for the annual Labor Day parade and picnic sponsored by the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council....