Sheri Gassaway

Apr 22, 2024 | labortribune.com | Sheri Gassaway |Lynn Alpert

By SHERI GASSAWAYAssistant EditorGroundworkers represented by Transport Workers Union Local 555 at Southwest Airlines have approved a new contract agreement that includes average wage increases of more than 18 percent. “This is a good day for our hardworking members at Southwest,” said Alex Garcia, TWU international executive vice president. “This contract between the TWU and Southwest provides best in-the-industry wages, bonus payments and other significant economic gains.

Apr 22, 2024 | labortribune.com | Sheri Gassaway |Lynn Alpert

By SHERI GASSAWAYAssistant EditorSt. Louis – Laborers Local 110’s Volunteer Organizing Committee (VOC) spent the day March 23 handing out sleeping bags and personal care items to clientele at MoNetwork here. MoNetwork is a recovery community center rooted in harm reduction that fights for progressive change and equity with and for people who use drugs and those with substance use disorder. It is located at 4022 S. Broadway.

Apr 15, 2024 | labortribune.com | Sheri Gassaway |Lynn Alpert

By SHERI GASSAWAYAssistant EditorThe Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives has approved a bill making it harder to amend the state constitution through the initiative petition process, ending majority rule in Missouri. Currently, ballot referendums generated by citizen-led initiative petitions need only a simple majority to pass. HJR 86 would require the approval of a majority of voters and a majority of voters in each congressional district to pass an initiative petition.

Apr 15, 2024 | labortribune.com | Sheri Gassaway |Lynn Alpert

By SHERI GASSAWAYAssistant EditorLabor-endorsed candidates and propositions in the April 2 election won in 84 percent of the races across the St. Louis area, signaling a huge win for working families. Missouri AFL-CIO President Jake Hummel said the wins are a testament to all the groups working together – the St. Louis Labor Council, local Labor clubs and in particular, the Missouri National Education Association. “I’m proud that so many union-endorsed candidates won,” said Hummel.

Apr 8, 2024 | labortribune.com | Sheri Gassaway |Lynn Alpert

By SHERI GASSAWAYAssistant EditorHerculaneum, MO – Painters District Council 58 is calling out the city of Herculaneum in Jefferson County for issuing a $1 million, no-bid contract to a non-union, out-of-state contractor to paint and maintain two of the city’s three water towers in violation of its own protocol to put the project out for bid.