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St. Louis building trades honor local construction leaders   St. Louis- A trio of leaders in the St. Louis construction industry were honored by The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council at its annual Construction Man of the Year Awards dinner January 21 at The Cedars at St. Raymond’s Read More...

Utility workers, public, dump on American Water's rate increase demands at public hearings   Normandy – Missouri American Water, the company that has dumped on its 400 plus employee members of Utility Workers 335, got dumped on itself last week – BIG time! • The St. Louis County Council passed a resolution calling on the company to bargain fairly with its union Read More...

GOP House Speaker says no to right-to-work (for less)     St. Louis- The threat of right-to-work (for less) becoming an issue in Missouri this year may be diminishing, reports last week suggest. • Legislative passage: The early threat by Republican Senators Rob Mayer of Dexter, the President of the state senate, and Sen Read More...

New Mississippi River Bridge rising on schedule By VINCENZA PREVITE Special Correspondent St. Louis-The new Mississippi River Bridge rising just north of downtown St. Louis will be the third longest bridge in the United States and is expected to ease the congestion for traffic between Missouri and Illinois, especially for interstate tractor-trailer traffic. It will be a testament to the skills of the union construction trades Read More...

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 By PAUL RIAT Special Correspondent   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 Read More...