Tag: Springfield
Missouri Works Initiative graduates fifth apprentice-ready class
Springfield, MO – The Missouri Works Initiative graduated its fifth class of pre-apprentices March 3 in Springfield. The Initiative is to Springfield what the...
Labor play Waiting for Lefty will be performed at Missouri State...
Springfield, MO – The Department of Theatre and Dance at Missouri State University in Springfield is staging the Labor classic Waiting for Lefty March...
AFSCME child welfare worker stabbed to death during home visit
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois child welfare worker Diedre Silas, 36, a member of AFSCME Local 805 (part of AFSCME Council 31),...
Illinois AFL-CIO Labor Plaza will be dedicated Oct. 7
Springfield, IL – The Illinois AFL-CIO will hold a virtual dedication of its renovated Labor Memorial Plaza in front of its Springfield office on...
Building Trades, IL AFL-CIO urge union members to patronize State House...
Springfield, IL – The Illinois AFL-CIO and Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council are urging union members doing business here in the Illinois...
A conversation with Betsy Londrigan at Steamfitters Local 439 hall
Candidate for Illinois’ 13th District pledges not to take corporate money, supports apprenticeships
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Caseyville, IL – Betsy Londrigan, the woman who almost...
Manar proposes Springfield campus for SIU
Springfield, IL – Southern Illinois University last year floated the idea of building a satellite law school in either Springfield or Edwardsville. A $50...
Laborers union official Kleinik will head Illinois Department of Labor
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – A longtime Laborers’ official and law enforcement officer with ties to southern Illinois, Michael Kleinik, has been appointed...
10,000 union members fill streets Illinois Capitol to oppose Rauner
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Union activists and their allies thundered in opposition to Governor Bruce Rauner and his anti-worker, anti-family policies in front...
Hundreds of Springfield, MO municipal workers join IBEW
The IBEW picked up nearly 300 members in Springfield, Mo., when city workers voted 122-to-eight to certify with Local 753, a major win in...