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Parade Saturday will honor returning veterans       St. Louis will host the first parade in the nation Saturday, Jan. 28, to welcome home veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Veterans from throughout the Midwest and nationwide have been invited to participate. The Communications Workers of America are taking part in the event and other unions are being encouraged to participate Read More...

P&PF 562's Kellett, McBride’s Eilermann, Metro’s Nations to be honored at building trades Man of Year awards Three of St. Louis’ leading citizens will be honored on Jan. 21 by the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council at its annual Construction Man of the Year Awards dinner at the Cedars at St. Raymonds Read More...

Republicans sponsor several anti-worker bills Jefferson City—Missouri AFL-CIO President Hugh McVey informed union leaders around the state last week that several anti-worker bills were introduced in the first few days of the legislative session that began Jan. 3 Read More...

New Schaeffer Electric president rose from the ranks Tim Chettle, who joined Schaeffer Electric as an apprentice electrician with IBEW Local 1, was named the new President of Schaeffer, the first non-Schaeffer family member to run the company in its 75-year history. Chettle says it is both an honor, and a little scary, to fill the shoes of Dan Schaeffer, who moves to the newly created position of Chief Executive Officer Read More...

Three Dems will compete for Costello’s district   Springfield, Ill. — A spirited race is shaping up in the Democratic primary race in the 12th Congressional District of Metro East and Southern Illinois for the right to succeed veteran Democrat Jerry Costello as the Democratic candidate in November’s election Read More...

MADCO Printing misappropriates union label; deceives customers into believing work is union St. Louis – Just because the invitation you received to a political fundraiser has a union label on it doesn’t mean it was produced by a union printer. Just ask Matt Laufketter, owner of the Ink Spot, a union print shop in south St. Louis. Laufketter is a proud member of the Graphic Communications Council-International Brotherhood of Teamsters, an affiliate of the St Read More...

NLRB to charge Missouri American Water with law breaking     By Press Associates and The St. Louis Labor Tribune   ST. LOUIS (PAI) — American Water, the same highly profitable nationwide utility that is trying to drastically raise rates on its St. Louis customers, and using workers from a non-union labor law-breaking company to try to replace its St Read More...

Steamfitters Local 439 celebrates 100 years of serving members, community Fairview Heights – With a look back to the members who 100 years ago fought deprivation, low wages and anti-union employers, and to the future with a group of young apprentices learning new high-tech skills, Steamfitters Local 439 Business Manager Totsie Bailey asked the more than 500 guests to raise their glasses in a toast to the local’s 100th anniversary Read More...