Labor Tribune

11/25/2025

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Help Support Pipefitter Anthony Schulz on His Road to Recover… Rachel Boemer needs your support for Support for Local 562 Pipefitter Anthony Schulz's Recovery

11/25/2025

Israeli manufacturer ICL Group has canceled the $570 million battery component plant it planned to build along the city’s industrial north riverfront after the Trump administration pulled a $200 million grant for the project.

Up to 400 union construction jobs lost By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief St. Louis — Israeli manufacturer ICL Group has canceled the $570 million battery component plant it planned to build along the city’s industrial north riverfront after the Trump administration pulled a $200 million grant for th...

11/25/2025

REMINDER ALERT!!

Don't forget to bring your items for the toy/food drive to the meeting tonight. If you can not make it, you can always drop them off at the hall.

11/25/2025

St. Louis baristas at Starbucks, represented by Workers United, rallied last week to protest the company’s failure to finalize a fair union contract.

By SHERI GASSAWAY Missouri Correspondent St. Louis baristas at Starbucks, represented by Workers United, rallied last week to protest the company’s failure to finalize a fair union contract. The Nov. 13 action at the 1216 Hampton Ave. Starbucks was part of a nationwide Unfair Labor Practices strik...

11/25/2025

Last week, Amber Czech's life was taken in a senseless act of workplace violence. She is not alone. Workplace violence is a serious safety issue and ranks as the third leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the U.S. Employers can take steps to reduce workplace violence through policies and procedures that involve risk assessment and training for everyone on the job. Workplace violence of any form must not be tolerated.

11/25/2025

Randi Weingarten, national president of the American Federation of Teachers, visited Jefferson Elementary in the St. Louis Public Schools district last week to support the “Reading Opens the World in the Lou” program, a partnership aimed at fostering early literacy skills for students and their families.

Union recently contributed $10,000 to ‘Reading Opens the World in the Lou’ By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief St. Louis – Randi Weingarten, national president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), visited Jefferson Elementary in the St. Louis Public Schools district last week to support the...

11/25/2025

Machinists District 837 members at Boeing are back on the job after approving a new five-year contract, ending a strike that lasted over 100 days, the longest in the company’s local history.

By SHERI GASSAWAY Missouri Correspondent Machinists District 837 members at Boeing are back on the job after approving a new five-year contract, ending a strike that lasted over 100 days, the longest in the company’s local history. Members, who have been on strike since Aug. 4, voted Nov. 13 by 68...

11/24/2025

11/23/2025

Just heartbreaking! 💔 RIP Patti

All of us at MOWIT are tremendously saddened and heartbroken to have lost not just a sister, but a supporter and a friend.

Patti Green was our Outreach Coordinator, who has been with us since October 2023, where she has helped us flourish into the organization that we are today. She had a loving heart and a strong belief of empowering women and was a fierce advocator in not only helping those already in the trades, but sought out every opportunity to recruit and help lead the way for others.

Our commitment as an organization is to build a diverse workforce, a strong labor movement, safe and healthy worksites, and women’s empowerment and economic security. But for Patti, it was more than that. It was her core belief. And it showed through her dedication to Missouri Women in Trades, as she showed up with support and encouragement and almost always wearing a MoWit shirt.

You could tell that she was proud to be a part and to make a difference together, and we were proud to have her. She will be greatly missed and loved forever.

Patti Green will forever be part of Missouri Women in Trades.

We will share any information about services for Patti as we learn about them.  Until then our hearts and prayers are with her family and our community. Please reach out if you need to talk. 💗

11/23/2025