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A Clear Difference: Housing

What’s Inside

PART 4 OF A SERIES

By THOM HARTMANN

SMART Sheet Metal Workers across Missouri endorse Lucas Kunce for Senate Page 4

low-income housing.

• They are increasingly calling out the relatively new Wall Street practice of buying up millions of single-family homes and flipping them into rentals, provoking an epidemic of homelessness.

decision-making process of whom to support at all levels of government.

Summarized from The Hartmann Report: Billionaire Dreams, Middle Class Nightmares.)

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the critical Nov. 5 election approaches, this series provides a stark contrast for readers to consider. We hope it will help in the

DEMOCRATS • Democrats believe housing should be a right rather than a privilege, and to that end have supported public housing, housing vouchers, and government subsidies and tax breaks to developers who put up

REPUBLICANS • Republicans think the thing they ironically call the “free market” (a marketplace owned by the richest people and corporations, who are

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then “free” to set the rules for the rest of us) should decide who gets housing and what it costs.

• They have opposed all federal and state support for housing for over 100 years, and most recently threatened to shut down the government if they didn’t get “steep spending cuts to domestic programs, including HUD’s and USDA’s vital affordable housing and homelessness programs.”

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Glaziers Local 513 Golf Tournament raises $14,650 for St. Louis Crisis Nursery Page 6

Forum focuses on the challenges of substance use disorder in the construction industry

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief

Teamsters Local 688 endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Page 7

St. Louis Amazon workers announce $25 pay demand Page 8

Missouri and Illinois election endorsements

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Sunset Hills, MO – Around 15 percent of all construction workers in the United states have a substance use disorder, compared to 8.6 percent of the general population of adults.

Construction workers represent about 25 percent of fatal opioid overdoses among all workers.

Last week, on Sept. 17, experts came together to talk about the issue and what can be done as part of a free program, co-produced by Construction Forum and the Missouri AFL-CIO’s Missouri Works Initiative and sponsored by Aetna at the LiUNA Event Center.

The program was the third of three in a series sponsored by

Aetna. The first dealt with mental health in construction, the second on suicide prevention in the construction industry.

“We need to get beyond just the how are you type stuff and actually have more pertinent, more meaningful conversations and maybe a little more listening and talking, pick up on things that that people are telling you,” said Dr. John Gaal, Worker Wellness director for the Missouri AFL-CIO’s Missouri Works Initiative.

Gaal said he learned that lesson in March of 2016 when his good friend Don Willey, then business manager of Laborers Local 110, lost his son to an opioid overdose.

The two began an effort to educate See FORUM page 11

FROM ADDICTION TO RECOVERY: Dr. John Gaal (left), director of the Missouri Works Initiative’s worker wellness program, led a panel discussion Sept. 17 on substance use disorder in the construction industry with Jenny Armbruster (second from left) interim executive director of PreventEd; Jake Dunavant (third from left), director of the National Peer Recovery Alliance; and Aaron Walsh, peer support specialist with the Laborers’ LEAN-STL (Laborers Escaping Addiction Now) peer support program.

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Laborers Local 42’s inaugural Top Golf fundraiser benefits veterans groups Chesterfield, MO – Laborers Local 42’s Top Golf Fundraiser Sept.12 scored a hole-in-one with participants and for the veterans groups which will benefit from the inaugural event to support Laborers Local 42’s Veterans Committee and area veterans organizations.

The fundraiser was the culmination of a project that has been in the works for some time.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Laborers 42 chartered a 501(c)(3) not for profit Veterans Committee through its International Union to benefit Local 42 member veterans and other groups that deal with veterans’ issues.

“I believe that the construction

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industry and Labor are in a unique position to both help solve, and benefit from addressing issues,” said Local 42 President Matt Andrews, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “We are

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“One of the issues surrounding mental health in veterans is the loss of a task or a mission that they believe in, and the other is dealing with the loss of their network of peers and support. These funds raised allow for the Veteran’s Committee to spend on Local 42 veterans in need, or veterans within the community. For example if a veteran needs a wheelchair ramp built, we can purchase the materials and help to coordinate the volunteers.”

Helping veterans and, when possible, bringing them into the building trades, also addresses a growing issue facing the construction industry – a shortage of work-

ers. “Workforce shortages could be helped by embracing this mostly under-utilized group of individuals,” Andrews said.

THE MISSION The Laborers Local 42 Veterans Committee’s is committed to bettering the lives of veterans who have bravely and honorable served our country as well as focusing on concerns that directly affect them by providing social support for veterans, including but not limited to emotional, instrumental, informational and appraisal assistance.

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Trump’s Project 2025 would put over 20 million workers at risk of wage theft and lower pay

Why it’s essential for America to own supply chains

By DAVID MCCALL President United Steelworkers

MCCALL

A knot formed in Sam Phillips’s stomach a few months ago when he learned that corroded titanium — sold with faked documents — somehow made it into doors and other components on civil-

ian airliners.

It was exactly the kind of nightmare scenario that Phillips and other members of the United Steelworkers (USW) warned of while trying to save the nation’s last titanium sponge plant, located in Henderson, Nev. TIMET, the owner of the plant, closed it anyway in 2020, not only leaving America dependent on foreign supplies of a crucial industrial material but also putting the nation’s security at risk.

Only domestic ownership of manufacturing supply chains — from the sourcing of raw materials like titanium sponge to the production of goods like airplane components — will keep the nation strong.

Fortunately, the Biden-Harris administration grasped what’s at stake and delivered historic legislation like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to revitalize the nation’s manufacturing economy and preserve America’s freedom.

ESSENTIAL ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES It’s essential for Americans to own supply chains across all industries, Phillips said, noting foreign companies can cut off shipments of goods at any time and for any reason.

Even manufacturers in ostensibly friendly countries like Japan can encounter production delays or shift operations, affecting U.S. access to needed goods. Just as worrisome, as the airliner titanium scare shows, the long decline of domestic manufacturing capacity even left Americans at the mercy of rogue, corner-cutting producers operating in the shadows thousands of miles away.

“How did it get manufactured and actually put in a plane?” asked Phillips, former president of USW Local 4856.

“It doesn’t make me want to get on airplanes anytime soon,” added Phillips, who learned about the debacle while reading a New York Times article in June. “They should have U.S. titanium in them.”

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began an investigation after a parts supplier discovered holes, caused by corrosion, in airplane components made with titanium believed to have come from a Chinese company.

Adding to the uncertainty, authorities discovered that the Chinese firm falsified documents relating to the material it provided. The Times reported that the FAA was “investigating the scope of the problem and trying to determine the short- and long-term safety implications to planes” containing the suspect material.

COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH UNION WORKERS It’s the kind of turmoil that’s easily avoided when union workers at U.S.-owned firms produce goods right here at home, said Phillips, emphasizing the trust he and his hundreds of co-workers built with TIMET customers over the years.

“They relied on us to give them a good, decent product,” Phillips said, observing that the plant supplied numerous civilian industries and the armed forces while providing

By DAVID COOPER, DAVE KAMPER, Given Republican control in many of middle-class livelihoods for generations of and SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ HICKEY the other states with state minimum wages Henderson residents.

EPI Action equal to the federal $7.25, it’s no stretch “I made a good living for 24 years,” to assume that many would likely seek to The Republican Party has long opposed explained Phillips, who now works in the eliminate their state minimum wage. raising the federal minimum wage, and some logistics field. “I didn’t have to worry about For instance, Republican lawmakers even call for its repeal.

Donald Trump’s Projpaying my bills or putting food on the table. in New Hampshire eliminated the stateect 2025 proposes a new scheme to It was a good union job. The union took care cut wages for the nation’s lowest- specified $7.25 minimum wage when they of its members.” paid workers: allow states to took control in 2011. The state law now Before closing the plant, opt out of federal wage and simply states that the federal minimum TIMET cited dumping and hour laws entirely, including wage applies. If New Hampshire and other unfair competition the federal minimum wage. other states with similar provisions obfrom some of the same Such a drastic step would tained FLSA waivers, it could effectively countries that, ironically, put the country’s lowest- mean no minimum wages in those places gamed greater market oppaid workers at risk of wage as well. portunities and tightened cuts, denied raises, and their grip on the U.S. when Views from Near and Far RISK OF WAGE THEFT lower-paying future jobs. It the Henderson facility shut FLSA waivers would also put more workwould also mean over 20 mildown. ers at risk of being cheated by their emlion workers could lose protections against Phillips, who tells his story to help others ployers. There are six states — Delaware, wage theft and other employer abuse. understand the danger of letting foreign Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Project 2025 encourages Congress to “pass companies seize control of U.S. supply chains, and South Dakota — that defer all wage legislation allowing waivers from federal described shortages of face masks at the and hour law enforcement to the federal labor laws like the FLSA [Fair Labor Stanstart of the pandemic and of semiconducgovernment. That means if an employer dards Act]” (p.

605).

While the proposal makes tors a couple of years after that as further in those states does not pay workers all vague references to such waivers not taking proof of the need to bolster U.S.-owned the money they’re owed, the state does not away “any current rights held by workers or manufacturing. employers,” the clear intent is to allow states assist workers in recovering lost wages. to disregard federal labor laws they don’t like. Workers in those states must go to the A NEW ERA OF The FLSA establishes the nation’s wage federal Department of Labor to pursue MANUFACTURING POWER and hour laws, including the minimum a wage theft claim under federal labor That’s what’s happening right now as wage, overtime, and various other protec- law (i.e., the FLSA.) If those states were President Joe Biden and Vice President Kations related to how workers are paid. The exempted from FLSA, 20.3 million workers mala Harris work with the USW and other federal minimum wage has been stuck at would be at risk of losing all government unions to advance a new era of manufactur$7.25 an hour since 2009. States are allowed support for attempts to recover stolen ing power. to set a higher minimum wage than $7.25, wages in the event their employer cheats Those efforts include fighting foreign and 30 states plus the District of Columbia them out of pay. takeovers of essential American firms and Federal law has long been the backstop have done so. In most of the states where the standing up to trade cheaters that undercut minimum wage is still $7.25, Republicans protecting pay for millions of workers in U.S. producers and put jobs at risk. control either the state legislature, the gov- states where Republican elected leaders They include leveraging the job creation, have failed to set higher standards or proernorship, or both.

“Buy American” requirements, and manutect workers from employer abuse. Giving facturing investments spurred by the IIJA, MINIMUM WAGE those same elected officials a means to opt IRA, and the CHIPS and Science Act. WOULD DECLINE out of federal protections puts over 20 milAmong many other important projects, for If FLSA waivers were available, there are lion workers’ paychecks at risk. That’s a example, the IIJA and IRA allocate up to $500 seven states — Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, risk that workers don’t need. million to help Century Aluminum construct (EPI Action is an independent, nonMississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a new energy- and cost-efficient aluminum Wyoming — where a FLSA exemption would partisan advocacy organization that uses smelter in Kentucky or in another location mean that the minimum wage would imme- rigorous research to advocate for policies in the Ohio River or Mississippi River basins. diately decline. In Georgia and Wyoming, it that advance economic, gender, and racial It will be the nation’s first new aluminum would drop to $5.15 an hour. In the other five justice and ensure working peoples’ voices smelter in 45 years and will create 1,000 perstates, there would be no minimum wage at are heard by policymakers and candidates. manent union jobs, along with hundreds of all. Those states have no statutory minimum We also highlight the impact of candidates’ construction jobs. wage in state law, and companies there would economic records and policy platforms and And it represents a critical step forward be free to pay workers as low wages as they correct false claims about workers and the for the aluminum industry, which fills a vital economy.) wanted — with no legal repercussions. role in economic and national security but has experienced a spate of smelter closures over the years because of high energy costs Opinions expressed and other challenges. Today, only a handful are those of the remain in operation in the U.S. individual – “They keep it open for a reason,” said Todd not their union.

Manning, president of USW Local 420A, citing Speak Out the strategic importance of Alcoa’s aluminum smelting operations in Massena, N.Y. The world’s oldest continuously operating smelter, it’s a bedrock of American industry serving both civilian and defense needs. And like the new Century Aluminum smelter, to be operated with renewable More than 30,000 of our Machinists (IAM) ing up and saying: Corporate greed won’t fly. energy, the Massena smelter benefits from brothers, sisters and siblings in the Seattle A few months ago, in Seattle, I stood with an affordable, accessible energy source — area went on strike at Boeing on Sept. 13. our machinists in a baseball stadium they’d hydropower.

For anyone who has followed Boeing for filled to the brim, to rally together. What I saw That’s helped to keep the facility open, said the better part of a decade, this news may there was solidarity and resolve — which is Manning, who looks forward to the stability not come as a surprise. Since its merger exactly what’s going to win this fight. the Century smelter will bring to American with another manufacturer, McDonnell The more than 12.5 million members of our industry and the decreasing reliance on Douglas, Boeing executives have put profit federation are united with IAM members. We foreign producers. over people. They’ve cut corners on work- have their back in this fight because this is “It’s very important not to have to deal place and product safety — putting our about something way bigger than one comwith any of them,” Manning said, instead workers and passengers at risk. They’ve pany. It’s about all of us, standing together, supporting the higher-quality, more reliable threatened our jobs, and squeezed every to win our dignity and respect. work performed by America’s union workers. last dollar for their own bonuses, regardLIZ SHULER “We need to be able to write our own checks.” less of workers.

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Top golf From page 1 have a long history of supporting veterans whether assisting with The Kaufman Fund’s annual Trees For Vets program, helping place wreaths and flags at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery or volunteering for other veterans causes.

Last year, Laborers Locals 42, 110 and 660 and the Missouri Laborers Employees and Education Trust together donated a combined $10,000 for the Trees for Vets program sponsored by The Kaufmann Fund, and provided volunteers to help load and distribute the trees.

Other veterans group benefitting from the Top Golf fundraiser and the Veterans Committee’s efforts include Focus Marines, Folds of Honor, Showers of Hope and Wreaths Across America as well as others.

PARTICIPATING CONTRACTORS AND SPONSORS Contractors and other organizations sponsoring and or participating in the fundraiser included: Laborers Local 42 Executive Board, Laborers Locals 100, 397, 660, 663, 773, 830, 840 and 1290, Downstate

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St. Louis Labor Council delegates all in for Kunce

SUPPORT FOR LUCAS KUNCE, the 13-year Marine veteran challenging incumbent Josh Hawley for U.S. Senate, continues to grow. St. Louis Labor Council delegates and members of the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans recently took time out from their Sept. 17 delegates meeting to pose with a “Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate” banner to show their support.

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SMART Sheet Metal Workers across Missouri endorse Lucas Kunce for Senate St. Louis — SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 in St. Louis and Local 2 in Kansas City have endorsed Lucas Kunce, the 13-year Marine veteran challenging unpopular incumbent Josh Hawley for U.S. Senate.

“There’s only one candidate in this U.S. Senate race who has a record of serving us and not himself — and that’s Marine veteran Lucas Kunce,” REASONS said Ray Reasons, president and business manager of Local 36.

“While Josh Hawley’s been busy selling his book for six-figure royalty checks, he hasn’t directed a single dollar of federal project funding to Missouri workers. Lucas Kunce is the warrior for working families who we know will fight like hell to invest in us.”

HONORED TO HAVE SUPPORT “I am honored to have the support of the sheet metal workers in St.

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“By investing in and empowering their members, the highest trained workers in their fields, we can build a stronger, more resilient economy while we rebuild Missouri and put America first in the next generation of industry.”

Kunce is a 13-year Marine veteran, national security expert, and antitrust advocate running against Josh Hawley to take Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat back for working people.

After three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Kunce was stationed at the Pentagon, where he served on the Joint Staff to contain the threat of nuclear and chemical weapons around the globe, and later represented the United States in arms control negotiations with NATO and Russia.

After active duty, he became the National Security Director for the American Economic Liberties Project, where he fought back against the corporate monopolists and corrupt politicians who strip our communities for parts while

undermining our security.

ENDORSEMENTS Kunce has been endorsed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees, Bricklayers Local 1, the St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council, the Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council, Insulators Local 1, Insulators Local 63, Iron Workers Local 396, Iron Workers Local 10, Missouri Fire Fighters, Missouri State Council of Machinists, Missouri-Kansas Laborers’ District Council, Roofers Local 2, Roofers Local 20, SEIU Missouri State Council, Sprinkler Fitters Local 268, Tilesetters Local 18, UFCW Local 655 (Missouri’s largest private-sector local union), United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers IBEW Local 124, Missouri State Fire Fighters and Pipe Fitters Local 533, as well as Vote Vets, Abortion Action Missouri, Reproductive Freedom for All, End Citizens United, The League of Conservation Voters, Social Security Works PAC and Freedom, Inc.

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Labor History www.unionist.com SEPTEMBER 30 1892 – A total of 29 strike leaders are charged with treason — plotting “to incite insurrection, rebellion & war against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” — for daring to strike the Carnegie Steel Co. in Homestead, Pa. Jurors refuse to convict them.

1915 – Railroad shopmen in 28 cities strike the Illinois Central Railroad and the Harriman lines for an eight-hour day, improved conditions and union recognition, but railroad officials obtain sweeping injunctions against them and rely on police and armed guards to protect strikebreakers.

1919 – Black farmers meet in Elaine, Ark., to establish the Progressive Farmers and Householders Union to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices.

nation’s foundries, steel and iron mills, demanding pensions and better wages and working conditions.

2007 – Starbucks Workers Union baristas at an outlet in East Grand Rapids, Mich., organized by the Wobblies, win their grievances after the National Labor Relations Board cites the company for labor law violations, including threats against union activists.

2010 – Union members, progressives and others rally in Washington D.C., under the Banner of One Nation Working Together, demand “good jobs, equal justice, and quality education for all.”

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OCTOBER 1 1910 – An ink storage room in the L.A. Times building is dynamited during a citywide fight over labor rights and organizing.

1931 – The George Washington Bridge officially opens, spanning the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York.

1935 – Thousands of dairy farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa strike in demand of higher prices for their milk.

OCTOBER 2 1934 – American Federation of Labor officially endorses campaign for a six-hour day, five-day workweek.

1949 – Joining with 400,000 coal miners already on strike, 500,000 CIO steel workers close down the

State troopers guard 164 striking high school students, protesting Peabody Coal Company.

1932 – The state militia is called in after 164 high school students in Kincaid, Ill., go on strike when the school board buys coal from the scab Peabody Coal Co. 1933 – The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America is founded in Camden, N.J. It eventually merged with the Int’l Association of Machinists, in 1988.

1945 – Pacific Greyhound Lines bus drivers in seven western states begin what is to become a threeweek strike, eventually settling for

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL BODIES Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council

Operators Local 399

Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at 24 East Fer­­­gu­son, Wood River, Ill.

Painters District Council 58 Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 360

Third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Laborers’ Local 459 Hall, 100 N. 17th St., Belle­ville, Ill.

Union meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Knights of Columbus Council 1712, One Columbus Plaza, Collinsville, IL 62234.

Greater Madison County Federation of Labor

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 101

Fourth Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Machinists Center, 161 N. Shamrock, East Alton.

Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council

DELEGATES meet the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., at Steamfitters Local 439 hall, 1220 Donald Bailey Drive, Caseyville, Ill. BOARD OF BUSINESS AGENTS meets the second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at IBEW Local 309 Hall.

Office Address: 2A Meadow Heights, Professional Park Collinsville, Ill. 62234.

Egyptian Building and Construction Trades Council

Second Wednesday, 10 a.m. (unless notified) at IBEW Local 702 at 106 N. Monroe St., West Frankfort, Ill.

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Union Meetings will be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month except December, which will be held on the 3rd Wednesday. The meetings will be held at the Local 101 Hall located at 8 Premier Drive in Belleville, IL 62220 at 7:30 p.m.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 160

Union meetings are on the second Friday of the month at 8 p.m. at the hall, 901 Mulberry Street, Murphysboro, Ill. 62966.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 553

First Tuesday of each month September through May, 7 p.m., 967 East Airline Dr., East Alton, IL 62024.

Sheet Metal Workers Local 268

Caseyville Meetings: Fourth Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Sheet Metal Workers’ Hall, 2701 N. 89th Street, Casey­ville, Ill. 62232.

Southern counties: Meetings will be held at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the training center, 13963 Route 37, Johnston City, Ill.

Steamfitters Local 439

Meets first Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. in the Donald Bailey Building, 1220 Donald Bailey Dr., Caseyville, Ill. 62232-2061.

IBEW Local 309

Regular union meetings are held on first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Local Union Hall, 2000 Mall Street, Route 157, Collinsville, Ill. Executive Board — Executive board meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs­day preceding each regular union meeting at the IBEW Local 309 Hall, 2000A Mall St., Collins­ville.

Iron Workers 392

Meets the last Friday of the month at 7 p.m. at 2995 Kingshighway, East St. Louis.

Operating Engineers 520

Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Friday of the month at the IUOE Local 520 Hall, 520 Engineer Rd., Granite City, IL 62040.

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Springfield, OH — JD Vance revealed on Monday that he is talking nonstop about pet-eating in the hopes of dispelling the widespread impression that he is weird.

The Ohio senator, who has been struggling to simulate human behavior, believes he has found the answer by appearing to be obsessed with people eating cats and dogs.

Vance said that spreading baseless rumors about immigrant pet-consumption makes him “way more relatable than Tim Walz.”

“Any weirdo can order a donut,” he said. “Talking incessantly about pet-eating is something normal people do.”

Amid rumors that Vance plans to visit, the people of Springfield, Ohio have started building a wall.

1918 – First National Conference of Trade Union Women.

1927 – The first “talkie” movie, T he Jazz Sing er, premiers in New Yo r k City. Within three years, according to the American Federation of Musicians, theater jobs for some 22,000 musicians who accompanied silent movies

were lost, while only a few hundred jobs for musicians performing on soundtracks were created by the new technology.

1986 – Some 1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines. They

had been fired for getting married.

1995 – Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Co.

Greater St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO

IBEW Local 4

Sprinkler Fitters and Apprentices Local 268

Third Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., IBEW Local 1 Hall, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., St. Louis.

St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council

First Wednesday, 10 a.m., Electricians’ Industry Training Center Auditorium, 2300 Hampton.

St. Louis Union Label & Service Trades Council Third Monday at 6 p.m., Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, 2319 Chouteau. Craig Darrah, president.

LOCAL UNIONS Boilermakers Local 27

The monthly membership meetings are at 8 p.m. the first Monday at the Boilermakers Hall, 1547 S. Broadway.

Applications for Construction Boilermakers Apprentice will be accepted by the Boilermakers Joint Apprenticeship Committee on the second Monday of each month at the Local 27 hall, 1547 South Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

The recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship shall be without discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, age or sex. Every applicant must supply a copy of their BIRTH CERTIFICATE and High School DIPLOMA/G.E.D. that the Committee can keep at the time of filing application for apprenticeship.

WELDING QUALIFICATION: Applicants that have a welding certification or welding training qualifications will have priority selection over applicants with no welding qualifications. Applicants must provide a copy and proof of welding certification or welding training qualifications at the time of application.

Bricklayers Local 1

Meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Thursday at Bricklayers’ Local No. 1 Union Hall, 1670 Fenpark, Fenton, MO 63026.

To register for a course, contact Dale Jennewein at the Bricklayers Local 1 MO JATC at 314-770-1066.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Officers nomination meeting Thursday, Oct. 3, at 5:30 p.m. at ADC Union Hall, 1670 Fenpark, Fenton, MO 63026.

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OCTOBER 5 1976 – The UAW ends a three-week strike against Ford Motor Co. when the company agrees to a contract that includes more vacation days and better retirement and unemployment benefits.

1983 – Polish Solidarity union founder Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

2004 – Some 2,100 supermarket janitors in California, mostly from Mexico, win a $22.4 million settlement over unpaid overtime.

Cement Masons Local 527

Boilermakers Local 363

Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m. at the union hall, 2358 Mascoutah Avenue, Belleville.

OCTOBER 4 1927 – Work begins on the carving of Mt. Rushmore, a task 400 craftsmen would eventually complete in 1941. Despite the dangerous nature of the project, not one worker died.

1945 – President Truman orders the U.S. Navy to seize oil refineries, breaking a 20-state post-war strike.

1916 – The United Mine Workers of America votes to re-affiliate with the AFL-CIO after years of on-andoff conflict with the federation. In 2009 the union’s leader, Richard Trumka, becomes AFL-CIO President.

1995 – Distillery, Wine & Allied Workers Int’l Union merges with United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union.

Elevator Constructors Local 3 5916 Wilson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

Glaziers Local 513

5916 Wilson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

IBEW Local 1

Union Meetings will be held the First Wednesday and the Third Friday of each Month at the IBEW, Local 1 Union Hall, 5850 Elizabeth Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110. The meeting begins promptly at 5 p.m. Please note: There are no First Wednesday Meetings held during the months of June, July, and August.

IBEW Local 1 Apprentices

Meeting on the first and third Friday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Training Center, 2300 Hampton.

5850 Elizabeth Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

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Regular meetings at 5 p.m. second Thursday of month at the Union Hall, 1544 S. Third St., St. Louis, MO 63104.

Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 1

First Friday, 7 p.m. at the Hoisting Engineers Hall, 3449 Hollenberg.

Executive Board meets at 3325 Hollenberg on first Friday at 10 a.m.

Ironworkers Local 396

Union meetings on the last Friday of each month at 8 p.m. at the Union Hall, 2500 59th St., St. Louis, MO 63110.

St. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood Local 6 I.A.T.S.E.

Regular monthly meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at 1611 S. Broadway.

Teamsters Joint Council 13

Laborers Local 110

Teamsters Local 688

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562

Tile-Marble Setters & Finishers, Mosaic & Terrazzo Workers & Finishers Local 18 MO

4532 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63127. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m.

Second Wednesday of each month, 6 p.m. at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 Training Center, 3755 Corporate Trail Dr., Earth City, MO 63045.

Roofers Local 2

The regular meetings of Roofers’ Local 2 are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Roofers’ Hall, 45 Worthington Access Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043.

The Executive Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before the regular monthly meeting.

4349 Woodson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63134

Meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at ADC Union Hall, 1670 Fenpark, Fenton, MO 63026.

United Media Guild Local 36047

Executive board meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday at the TNG-CWA Local 36047 office, Room 1040 at 1015 Locust St., St. Louis.

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Teamsters Local 688 endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for their commitment to workers’ rights St. Louis – Teamsters Local 688 has announced its endorsement of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for their unwavering dedication to fighting for the rights of working families.

“As a union committed to advocating for fair wages, benefits, and worker protections, we believe these candidates embody the values that are essential to improving the lives of our members and their families,” the union said in a statement.

“At Local 688, we are not only fighting for fair conditions on the job but also pushing for legislative efforts that protect our TONGAY rights as workers such as the PRO Act, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the most pro-labor National Labor Relations Board in modern times,” said Chris Tongay, secretarytreasurer of Local 688.

“Our endorsed candidates, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, have consistently proven their commitment to these goals, and they will uphold these principles in office.”

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

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country,” Tongay said. “Local 688 knows this election is too important for us to stay neutral. President Biden helped save Teamsters’ pensions and Vice President Kamala Harris was the deciding vote. The Harris/Walz ticket has our back.

“As we approach the next election, it is paramount that we sup-

port candidates who will protect our rights, fight for Labor-friendly policies, and ensure that working people have a seat at the table,” Local 688 said. “Teamsters Local 688 encourages all members to vote for candidates who will stand with us and continue to fight for the dignity and respect all workers deserve.”

RANK-AND-FILE MEMBERS “The decision to endorse these candidates was made by rankand-file members of the Local 688 Political Education Committee.

These members, who represent the collective voice of their union, carefully evaluated each candidate’s record on Labor issues and determined who would best support Teamster families.

“These endorsements are never made lightly but with thoughtful consideration of the impact on our families, our jobs, and our future,” the local said.

“The General Executive Board at the International Union level has decided to make no endorsement, leaving that decision to Joint Councils and local unions across the

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St. Louis Amazon workers announce $25 pay demand at STL8 warehouse ‘Prime time for a real raise’ St. Peters, MO – St. Louis Amazon warehouse workers on Sept. 18 presented management at the STL8 Fulfillment Center with an 800-plus signature petition demanding $25 an hour for all Amazon workers.

Following the action, workers, janitors, and drivers from Amazon STL8 and DLI8 in St. Peters, as well as SMO2 in Sauget, Ill., held a rally and press conference outside of STL8, where they publicly announced their demands to a crowd of workers and community members. Amazon workers in at least three other states — including New York, Georgia, and New Jersey — also raised the shared pay demand last week.

“I’ve lost out on thousands of dollars of income,” said Christine Manno, an Amazon STL8 worker and longtime STL8 Organizing Committee member who is on medical leave after being seriously injured on the job. “I haven’t gotten a paycheck since my short-term disability — which only covered 60 percent of my regular pay — ended

in January.”

Manno said she awaiting approval for long-term disability, which she applied for in January.

“I’ve maxed out my credit cards and drained my 401k. I’m on food stamps,” she said.

Manno just got approved for Medicaid, she said.

“Today shows that Amazon workers are united and stronger than ever in our demands for higher pay,” Manno said. “With over 800 worker signatures on our petition and new workers joining us from across the region, together we will win the $25 an hour that we all deserve.”

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Workers also delivered to management a separate community letter in support of their demands with over 200 signatories, including the Missouri AFL-CIO and the St. Louis County NAACP, among other civil rights, faith, and Labor organizations.

Other unions and community civil rights and workers’ rights groups with representatives at the

AMAZON WORKERS at the STL8 warehouse in St. Peters presented management with an 800-signature petition Sept. 18 demanding $25 an hour for all Amazon workers before rallying in front of the warehouse and holding a press conference to announce their demands.

– Mike Marquardt, Teamsters Local 688 photo

rally included the United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 2250, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 655, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Teamsters Local 688, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists St. Louis Chapter and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

‘WE’RE EXPENDABLE’ Brian Phillips, an Amazon SMO2 warehouse worker and SMO2 Or-

ganizing Committee member also spoke at the rally.

“I started at DLI4 in Edwardsville, where the tornado struck,” Phillips said. “My partner and I were on COVID leave that day, but my friends weren’t so lucky. Clayton died trying to get people to the shelter, along with five other workers.

Another coworker of mine with a medical condition died last year after falling off a ladder. I watched

her fall and radioed my boss, and despite them saying they were on it, I found later it took a half hour for them to call an ambulance. To corporations like Amazon, we are expendable.

“The only reason I stay is the benefits, but they don’t pay you enough to keep them. I have to work 60 hours, five days a week. It’s kind of like being an indentured servant.

That’s why I’m here, with my sisters, brothers, and siblings who work at Amazon, to say enough is enough. It’s prime time for $25 now.”

PUSHING FAMILIES INTO POVERTY Research supports that Amazon’s failure to pay workers what they deserve is pushing families into poverty and debt. Half of Amazon workers in a national survey reported food insecurity (53 percent) and housing insecurity (48 percent) and an inability to pay off bills on time (56 percent).

“I worked hundreds of hours of overtime cleaning Amazon warehouses without pay, yet KBS called me the thief,” said Yery Castillo, another speaker who, as a janitor for Amazon’s primary cleaning contractor KBS at DLI8, experienced wage theft and racism by management. “That money could have covSee AMAZON page 9

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Amazon From page 8 ered rent, car payments, food, my good friend’s surgery, or medicine for my sister. I can’t even afford my own health insurance. This isn’t the life I wanted, but Amazon’s greed drives contractors like KBS to understaff and overwork janitors, like they do with warehouse workers.”

ORGANIZING SINCE 2022 STL8 workers have been organizing since 2022 for higher pay, safer work, and a voice on the job. In response to STL8 and other Amazon workers sounding the alarm about the company’s injury crisis, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Com-

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mittee launched an investigation into Amazon’s warehouse working conditions and released initial findings that 45 percent of Amazon warehouse workers were injured during peak operational periods like Prime Day. Additionally, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Amazon STL8 five times for its failure to report injuries. In May of this year, STL8 worker and Organizing Committee member Wendy Taylor stood with U.S. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (DFL-Minn.) in Washington, D.C., to introduce the Warehouse Worker Protection Act.

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Southern Illinois Builders Association accepting scholarship applications The Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) is accepting applications for scholarships. SIBA began offering scholarships in 2012 and has awarded 137 scholarships totaling approximately $264,400.

SIBA solicits candidates for the SIBA Scholarships in the fall and requests that all information be submitted by Nov. 1, 2024 for the SIBA Education Committee to meet and make their selections.

ELIGIBILITY

REQUIREMENTS Revised 8-19-24 To be eligible for a SIBA Schol-

arship: • Candidates must be pursuing a degree in the field of construction management / construction related engineering / architectural / construction safety.

• Submit a typewritten report (minimum of 500 words) on career goal and what events they have experienced in their life that made them decide to decide to pursue a career in the construction field and the quality of the essay will be judged.

• Have a cumulative minimum grade point average of 3.0/4.0. Application must include a current copy of transcript.

• Submit a personal recommendation from a person unrelated to the applicant within the current year; planning to enroll as a full-time student and maintain full-time student status (12-hour minimum); part-time students working fulltime in the construction industry will be awarded partial awards (written verification from full-time employer required).

• Show evidence that individual applying is related to an individual employed full-time by an SIBA member firm for a minimum of two years (written evidence from employer required within the current year).

FOR MORE INFORMATION To obtain a complete list of requirements for the SIBA scholarships, please contact Donna at the SIBA office 618-624-9055 or by email to ceo@siba-agc.org.

The Southern Illinois Builders Association is a trade association of contractors representing approximately 500 commercial and industrial building, highway and utility construction contractors throughout Southern Illinois.

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Building Union Diversity (BUD) program seeking mentors to help new apprentices get a good start The Building Union Diversity (BUD) program has been extremely successful growing the participation of women and people of color in the building and construction trades. The next step is making sure these new apprentices have the support they need to navigate their new careers.

The United Way of Greater St. Louis is coordinating the BUD Mentor Program to help recruit and retain new apprentices.

“The BUD Mentoring Program plays a crucial role in creating a network of support and guidance for aspiring individuals entering the workforce,” said Sonja

Gholston-Byrd, vice president of Labor Engagement at the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

The mentoring program connects seasoned skilled trades union members with those eager to learn and grow in their respective fields.

Some of the reasons supporting the BUD Mentoring program is so

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• Community building – The BUD Program fosters a sense of community within the Labor Movement. By connecting mentors and mentees, you can help strengthen the bonds that make our collective efforts more impactful and sustainable.

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Forum From page 1 themselves and began a campaign to spread awareness of the opioid and substance abuse epidemic in the construction industry.

“The bottom line is this is not an issue of plausible deniability anymore,” Gaal said. “We’ve been talking about it at least since 2016, and it’s time to do something.”

Gaal, who with his wife Mary have twice used Narcan – sold commercially as Naloxone and Revive – nasal spray to revive strangers suffering an overdose, urged the more than 100 people in attendance to get trained in its use for reversing opioid overdoses and urged them to take some of the free packages of Revive at their tables back to their job sites and union halls.

The Alliance on Naloxone Safety in the Workplace (www.answ.org) provides information on how to administer Naloxone in the mist form, as well as information on establishing workplace policies.

“I’ve been in the industry for 40 years,” said Gaal, who was the director of workforce and education for the Carpenters union in Missouri and Southern Illinois for three decades. “I can’t tell you how many times I took first aid and CPR and truly never used them on the jobsite. I’m not saying we shouldn’t do that. I think we need to be prepared. I’m an old Boy Scout, we need to be prepared. But the one thing I did take that mattered was how to administer Narcan.”

LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PEER SUPPORT Aaron Walsh, a recovery specialist with Laborers Local 42, who along with James Pursell, Laborers Local 110, heads up the Laborers’ LEAN-STL (Laborers Escaping Addiction Now) peer support program, shared the story of his own tumultuous childhood – born to drug addicted parents, growing up in a house rife with needles, abused, unsupervised.

As an adult he descended into his own substance use issues and was ready to end his life when he reached out to a coworker who had escaped addiction and got help.

“We do recover,” Walsh said. “We do get better. That’s the message that I want to send out today. It kind of goes down the line. You’ve got prevention, then you’ve got

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treatment, then you have recovery.

The construction industry is huge for this grassroots movement to support people with mental health issues and I’m extremely proud and honored to be a part of that. And we’re going to do our best to be a part of that instead of just talking about it.”

REDUCING STIGMA Jenny Armbruster is the interim executive director of PreventEd, which works to prevent the harms of alcohol and other drugs through education, intervention and advocacy and has been a leader in the Recovery Friendly Workplaces initiative.

“We do a lot of work with reducing stigma,” Armbruster said. “This should not be a topic we should be afraid to talk about. We should be having conversations all the time with each other, with young people, around substances. It doesn’t need to be something that is whispered about or we’re only addressing when it becomes a problem. If we can have open and honest conversations and start those early, we’re really going to make sure that people get the help they need if they encounter any struggles with

substances.”

PreventEd has resources available to help with conversations around substance use at prevented. org.

‘WE ARE AT WAR’ Jake Dunavant wears many hats.

He is director of the National Peer Recovery Alliance, a division of the ARCHway Institute, an outreach coordinator for Illinois Recovery Center and an Advocate for Hope volunteer.

“Make no mistake, we are at war when it comes to the opioid epidemic,” Dunavant said. “There is, however, an army of people fighting a good fight. There’s evidence of that here surrounding the Aetna group.

You don’t have to join the army so to speak to support this fight. There are a lot of individuals, there are a lot of organizations. Something as simple as carrying Naloxone to me indicates a knowledge of the existence of this problem.

“It doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t discriminate in the business industry. It doesn’t discriminate for those who are wealthy or those who are poor. And it certainly doesn’t discriminate in the construction trades.”

Utility Workers Local 335 wins strong new contract with Missouri American Water Members of Utility Workers (UWUA) Local 335 have ratified a strong new contract with Missouri American Water Corporation.

Members ratified the contract on Sept. 11 by a four-to-one vote, more than a month ahead of the current contract’s expiration, said Local 335 President Allan Bathon.

“The members were pretty happy with it,” Bathon said.

T he f ive-year contract includes a 3.75 percent raise BATHON in the first year, a 3.50 percent raise in the second and a three percent raise in each of the remaining years, the highest raise package the company has given, beginning on the date of ratification.

With the raises kicking in early, Bathon said, members will actually see closer to a 3.86 percent raise over the course of the first contract year.

“We met for 10 straight days over two weeks in a row, so it worked out pretty well,” Bathon said of the negotiations, noting some past contracts have taken months to negotiate.

“We’re happy with it.”

In addition to raises, other wins in the contract include: • An increased boot allowance to $235.

• A third floating holiday.

• 40 hours of vacation carryover that can be used anytime during the next year.

• Company bereavement language more generous than the Union’s death in the immediate family language.

• Replacement of the line of promotion chart with system seniority for all job descriptions.

• Big pipe pay for every member of the crew when replacing pipe.

• Quicker access to vacation for new hires.

12 • LABOR TRIBUNE • Thursday, September 26-October 2, 2024

Missouri AFL-CIO endorsed candidates for Nov. 5 Following are the Missouri AFLCIO endorsed state candidates for the Nov. 5 general election. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Union affiliation is noted where applicable.

STATEWIDE Governor

Crystal Quade (D) (Teamsters Local 245) Lt. Governor Richard Brown (D) (AFT Local 691 – Retired) Secretary of State Barbara Phifer (D) Treasurer Mark Osmack (D) Attorney General Elad Gross (D)

U.S. SENATE U.S. Senate

Lucas Kunce (D)

U.S. HOUSE District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8

Wesley Bell (D) Ray Hartmann (D) Bethany Mann (D) Jeanette Cass (D) Emanuel Cleaver (D)* Pam May (D) Missi Hesketh (D) Randi McCallian (D)

MISSOURI SENATE District 1

Doug Beck (D)* (Plumbers & Pipefitter Local 562) District 3 Doug Halbert(D) District 5 Steve Roberts (D)* District 7 Patty Lewis (D) District 9 Barbara Anne Washington (D)* District 11 Robert Sauls (D) (IAFF 42) District 13 Angela Walton Mosley (D)* (CWA Local 6300) District 15 Joe Pereles (D) District 17 Maggie Nurrenbern (D) (MNEA) District 19 Stephen Webber (D) (UFCW Local 655) District 21 Jim Bates (D) District 23 Matt Williams( D) District 25 Chuck Banks (D) District 27 Jamie Burger (R)

District 29 District 31

Ron Monnig (D) Raymond James (D)

MISSOURI HOUSE District 4 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 10 District 11 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15 District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 District 20 District 21 District 22 District 23 District 24 District 25 District 26 District 27 District 28 District 29 District 30 District 31 District 32 District 34 District 35 District 36 District 37 District 38 District 41 District 42 District 43 District 44 District 45 District 46 District 47 District 48 District 49 District 50 District 51

Melissa Jo Viloria (D) John Akins (D) Terrence Fiala (D) Sandy Van Wagner (D) Andrew Gibson (D) (RWDSU Local 125) Brenda Shields (R)* Jamie Johnson (D)* Andrea Denning (D) Ashley Aune (D)* Kenneth Jamison (D) Gloria Young (D) Shirley Mata (D) (UAW Local 249) Eric Woods (D)* Wick Thomas (D) Clarence Franklin, Jr. (D) Will Jobe (D) Yolanda Young (D)* Michael Johnson (D)* Emily Weber (D)* Pattie Mansur(D) Tiffany Price (D) Melissa Douglas (D) Donna Barnes (D) Aaron Crossley (D)* Kevin Grover (D) Jeremy Rowan (D) Jennifer Cassidy (D) Kemp Strickler (D)* Keri Ingle (D)* Anthony Ealy (D)* Mark Sharp (D)* Martin Jacobs (D) Hans Stock (D) Shaun Sparks (D) Erik Richardson (D) Dave Raithel (D) Kathy Steinhoff (D)* David Tyson Smith (D)* Adrian Plank (D)* Joseph Jefferies (D) Jessica O’Neal-Slisz (D) Gregg Bush (D) (LIUNA 955) Glenda Bainbridge (D)

District 52 District 53 District 54 District 56 District 57 District 58 District 60 District 63 District 64 District 66 District 67 District 68 District 69 District 70 District 71 District 72 District 73 District 74 District 75 District 76 District 77 District 78 District 79 District 80 District 81 District 82 District 83 District 84 District 85 District 86

Rene Vance (D) Beth Grubb (D) Eric Stevens (D) Pam Jenkins Hatcher (D) Michael Walbom (D) Willard Haley (R)* Jamie Howard (D) Jenna Roberson (D) Cheryl Hibbeler (D) Marlene Terry (D)* Tonya Rush (D) Kem Smith (D) Chris Chapman (D) Stephanie Boykin (D) LaDonna Appelbaum (D)* Doug Clemens (D)* Raychel Proudie (D)* Kevin Windham (D)* Chanel Mosley (D) Marlon Anderson (D)* Kimberly-Ann Collins (D)* Marty Joe Murray (D) LaKeysha Bosley (D)* Elizabeth Fuchs (D) Steve Butz (D)* Nick Kimble (D) (SMART 36 Householder) Ray Reed (D) Del Taylor (D)* Yolonda Fountain Henderson (D) Jeff Hales (D)

District 87 Connie Steinmetz (D) (MNEA) District 88 Kyle Luzynski (D) District 89 Eric Morse (D) District 90 Mark Boyko (D) District 91 Jo Doll (D)* District 92 Michael Burton (D)* District 93 Bridget Walsh Moorem (D) District 94 Kyle Kerns (D) District 95 Deb Langland (D) District 96 Leslie Derrington (D) District 97 David Casteel (R)* District 98 Jaclyn Zimmerman (D) District 99 Ian Mackey (D)* District 100 Colin Lovett (D) District 101 Jacqueline Cotton (D) District 102 Alex Hissong (D) District 103 Amanda Taylor (D) District 104 Tara Murray (D) District 105 Ron Odenthal (D) District 106 Karen Edge (D) District 107 Gary Wester (D) District 108 Susan Shumway (D) District 109 Eleanor Maynard (D) District 110 Josh Thackston (D) District 112 Renee Reuter (R)* District113 Phil Amato (R)* District 114 Ken Waller (R)* District 115 David George (D) District 117 Casey Cassidy (D) District 118 Mike McGirl (R)* District 119 Brad Banderman (R)* District 120 Jen Tracy (D)

District 121 Brandon Swartz (D) District 122 Tara Anura (D) District 123 Jeff Vernetti (R) District 124 Tara Hallmark (D) District 125 Lynda Jones (D) District 126 Kirsten Hockaday (D) District 127 Marvin Manring (D) District 128 Rich Horton (D) District 129 Louise Hansen (D) District 130 Leslie Jones (D) District 131 Ashley Cossins (D) District 132 Jeremy Dean (D) District 133 Derrick Nowlin (D) District 135 Betsy Fogle (D)* (UA 178) District 136 Stephanie Hein (D)* District 137 Bryce Lockwood (D) District 139 Mark Gray (D) District 140 Julia Curran (D) District 141 Michael Bates (D) District 143 Bernadette Holzer (D) District 144 Andrew Eye (D) District 147 J. Michael Davis (D) District 150 Kay Collier (D) District 151 Donnie Lynn Hovis, Jr. (D) District 153 Sheila Bristol (D) District 154 JoJo Stewart (D) District 155 Courtney Sweeney-Legore (D) District 156 Janis Beacham (D) District 158 Yma Sautbine (D) District 160 Rebecca Stipp Jensen (D) District 161 Shawna Ackerson (D) District 163 Philip Wilson (D)

Illinois AFL-CIO COPE endorsements for the November election Following are the Illinois AFLCIO endorsed candidates for the November general election. In the following list italics indicate an incumbent. An asterisk (*) indicates a union member.

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Jonathan Jackson (D) Robin Kelly (D) Delia Ramirez (D) Chuy Garcia (D) Mike Quigley (D) Sean Casten (D) Danny Davis (D) Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Jan Schakowsky (D)* Brad Schneider (D) Bill Foster (D) Brian Roberts (D) Nikki Budzinski (D) Lauren Underwood (D) Eric Sorensen (D)

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Javier Cervantes (D) Kimberly Lightford (D) Lakesia Collins (D)* Mike Simmons (D) Robert Martwick (D) Robert Peters (D) Willie Preston (D) Michael Hastings (D) Graciela Guzman (D)* Cristina Castro (D) Karina Villa (D) Mark Walker (D) Laura Murphy (D) Mary Edly-Allen (D)*

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Steve Stadelman (D) Patrick Joyce (D) Rachel Ventura (D) Dave Koehler (D) Meg Loughran Cappel (D)* Paul Faraci (D)

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Aaron Ortiz (D)* Lisa Hernandez (D) Eva Dina Delgado (D) Lilian Jimenez (D) Kimberly Neely DuBuclet (D) Sonya Harper (D) Emanuel Chris Welch (D) La Shawn Ford (D) Yolonda Morris (D)* Omar Williams (D)* Ann Williams (D) Margaret Croke (D) Hoan Huynh (D) Kelly Cassidy (D) Mike Kelly (D)*

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Kevin Olickal (D) Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D) Robyn Gabel (D) Lindsey LaPointe (D) Brad Stephens (R)* Abdelnasser Rashid (D) Angie Guerrero-Cuellar (D) Edgar Gonzalez (D) Theresa Mah (D) Curtis Tarver II (D) Kam Buckner (D) Justin Slaughter (D) Bob Rita (D)* Thaddeus Jones (D) Will Davis (D) Michael Crawford (D) Lisa Davis (D)* Marcus Evans (D) Nick Smith (D) Mary Gill (D) Rick Ryan (D) Debbie Meyers-Martin (D) Will Guzzardi (D)

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Jaime Andrade (D) Janet Yang Rohr (D) Terra Costa Howard (D) Anna Moeller (D) Fred Crespo (D) Martha “Marti” Deuter (D) Diane Blair-Sherlock (D)* Jackie Williamson (D) Jennifer Sanalitro (R) Maura Hirschauer (D) Barbara Hernandez (D) Nabeela Syed (D) Maria Peterson (D) Mary Beth Canty (D) Marty Moylan (D)* Michelle Mussman (D) Tracy Katz Muhl (D) Bob Morgan (D) Daniel Didech (D) Rita Mayfield (D) Joyce Mason (D) Laura Faver Dias (D) Mary Mahady (D)

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Linda Robertson (D) Suzanne Ness (D) Maurice West II (D) Dave Vella (D) Peter Janko (D) Gregg Johnson (D)* Amy “Murri” Briel (D) Norma Hernandez (D) Camille Lilly (D) Billy Morgan (D) Anthony DeLuca (D) Anne Stava-Murray (D) Suzanne Akhras (D) Matt Hanson (D)* Stephanie Kifowit (D) Dagmara “Dee”Avelar (D)* Larry Walsh Jr (D)* Sharon Chung (D)* Jehan Gordon-Booth (D) Mike Coffey (R) Sue Scherer (D) Harry Benton (D)* Natalie Manley (D) Carol Ammons (D) Jarrett Clem (D)* Morgan Phillips (D) Nick Raftopoulos (D) Katie Stuart (D) Jay Hoffman (D)* LaToya Greenwood (D)

JUDICIAL 1st Supreme 1st Appellate 1st Appellate 1st Appellate 1st Appellate 3rd Appellate 3rd Appellate 3rd Appellate

Joy Cunningham (D) Mary Lane Mikva (D) Cynthia Cobbs (D) Celia Louise Gamrath (D) Carl Anthony Walker (D) John Anderson (D) Linda Davenport (D) Lance Peterson (D)