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Operating Engineers Local 513’s Meet the Machines open house draws 3,500 Page 3

Contract negotiations between Machinists District 837, Boeing resume as strike enters ninth week

By SHERI GASSAWAY Missouri Correspondent

SEIU Local 1 rallies for good janitorial jobs, to protect standards for working people Page 4

Dozens take part in Laborers 3D Archery Tournament Page 9

Labor History

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Berkeley, MO – IAM Machinists District 837 and Boeing headed back to the bargaining table this week as the strike entered its ninth week.

The bargaining committees for Boeing and IAM 837 agreed to return to negotiations on Monday, Sept. 29, with the help of a federal mediator in an effort to find a path to end the strike, the union said in a statement last week.

Prior to news of the restart of negotiations, Boeing announced that it is moving upgrade work on the F/A-18 Super Hornet out of north St. Louis County, a move that was decried by District 837 leaders.

The IAM union members on strike at Boeing assemble and maintain advanced aircraft and weapons systems, including the F-15, F/A18 and cutting-edge missile and defense technologies. Their work plays a vital role in safeguarding national security and supporting

contract offers.

UNION-PROPOSED CONTRACT

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS between Machinists District 837and Boeing were set to resume on Monday, Sept. 29 as the strike enters its ninth week.

– Labor Tribune photo

U.S. and allied defense operations.

‘DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING’ District 837 Directing Business Representative Tom Boelling called the decision to move the work “deeply disappointing.”

“Our members performing this critical upgrade work have consistently earned the highest praise from the customer,” Boelling said.

“Unfortunately, Boeing chose to

make this announcement while our skilled members remain on the picket line fighting for dignity, respect and a fair contract.”

About 3,200 District 837 members have been on strike in St. Louis, St. Charles and Mascoutah, Ill. since Aug. 4. Prior to the company’s announcement to move the work, District 837 members voted to approve a union-proposed contract.

This after rejecting Boeing’s three

The union proposal reflects priorities continuously expressed by members to reach a fair agreement.

It aligns 401(k) contribution percentages with Boeing employees around the country, more fairly raises wages for top-of-scale members and includes a $10,000 ratification bonus – an amount that approaches the $12,000 level Boeing provided for members in the Pacific Northwest.

In a Zoom news conference last week, IAM Resident General Vice President Jody Bennett said that Boeing has received an email and hard copy of the membershipratified proposal and request for meeting dates and times.

A Boeing spokesperson told reporters the union-proposed contract was “not real,” calling it a publicity stunt.

Boeing also has repeatedly See BOEING page 22

Port Council honors St. Louis City leaders, head of BackStoppers

By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief St. Louis – The St. Louis Port Council honored St. Louis City leaders and the executive director of the BackStoppers at its annual golf outing and awards dinner Sept. 25 at the Courses at Forest Park clubhouse.

After the annual golf outing fundraiser, the council provided a buffet dinner and honored: • St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer, who received the Able Helmsman Award • St. Louis Comptroller Donna Baringer, who received the Dick Mantia Leadership Award

• Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole, formerly of the St. Louis police department and executive director of The BackStoppers, who received the Jack Martorelli Leadership Award.

The St. Louis and Vicinity Port Council is affiliated with the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department, which consists of 21 port and maritime councils and 21 international unions representing almost five million workers in the United States and Canada.

St. Louis Port Council President John Stiffler started the evening’s program by explaining what the awards were about.

ST. LOUIS MAYOR CARA SPENCER was honored with the St. Louis Port Council’s Able Helmsman’s Award at the Port Council’s annual awards program Sept. 25. Presenting the award are (from left) Port Council President John Stiffler, (Spencer), Port Council Secretary-Treasurer Bryan Powell, and Port Council Vice President John Orr. – Labor Tribune photo

“We are recognizing individuals who share the same high standards and passionate ideas of our Port Council. They understand that we’re all in this together, rank and file workers, management and trades and Labor,” Stiffler said be-

fore presenting the evening’s first award – the Able Helmsman – to St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer.

Spencer has been a friend of Labor throughout her career, starting as a city alderperson showing up for See PORT COUNCIL page 8

Laborers Local 42 Top Golf Fundraiser raises funds for veterans’ groups Chesterfield, MO – Laborers Local 42’s Second Annual Top Golf Fundraiser Sept.11 was a huge success with participants and for the veterans’ groups which will benefit from the event to support Laborers Local 42’s Veterans Committee and area veterans’ organizations.

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.

Local 42 and the Missouri Kansas Laborers District Council 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 volun-

THE MISSION In Memoriam

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The Laborers Local 42 Veterans Committee’s is committed to bettering the lives of veterans who have bravely and honorable served

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Trump wants to rebrand his ‘big, beautiful bill’ as the ‘Working Families Tax Cut’.

Don’t be fooled, it’s a ‘monstrosity’ The budget measure will hurt poor people and boost rich people. It should really be called the Billionaires’ Tax Cut Act

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Just a few months ago, Donald Trump sought to bamboozle the American people into believing that his One Big Beautiful Bill GREENHOUSE Act – with its trillions in tax cuts for the rich – was a legislative wonder stuffed with one marvel after another.

But a Pew opinion poll in August found that millions of Americans have wised up about the measure and now view it as a big, unbeautiful monstrosity.

Many Americans have come to realize that Trump’s not-so-beautiful bill – instead of being filled with good things that benefit average Americans – is overflowing with big tax cuts for the wealthy as well as many unfortunate things that will hurt typical working families.

As we saw in the town halls held across the U.S., many Americans are furious about some painful things that Trump and congressional Republicans inserted into the bill: cuts that will make health insurance more expensive, cuts that reduce food assistance, cuts that make it harder for students from working families to afford college. All this is bad news for working families who struggle to make ends meet.

THEIR TRICK: REBRAND THE BILL President Trump and his administration can’t hide from the fact that many Americans detest the bill — 46 percent disapprove of it, while just 32 percent approve (23 percent say they’re unsure what they think).

What’s more, 33 percent of Americans “strongly disapprove” of the bill.

Alarmed that the bill has become a public relations and political disaster, Trump and his allies have embraced a curious strategy to address that problem. Their strategy is not what you might hope – they’re not seeking to amend the bill to make it less painful for average Americans. Rather, their strategy is slick marketing: to simply rebrand the bill, to make it sound better.

The White House is telling Republicans to stop calling it the One Big Beautiful Bill and instead call it the nice-sounding Working Families Tax Cut Bill.

It’s people with low and middle incomes, people that the president and many Republican policymakers promised to serve and support in the last election,” said Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

President Trump is correct that the bill contains some tax cuts for working Americans – for instance, it increases the standard income tax deduction by $750 for individuals and $1,500 for couples. The bad news WHAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED is that for tens of millions of families, the If the White House and GOP lawmakers bill’s benefit cuts, especially want to be accurate, they should call the bill on health coverage, outweigh the Billionaires’ and Millionaires’ Tax Cut the meager tax cuts that Act. The bill gives a $13,622 the bill gives non-affluent tax cut to households in Americans. In many ways, the top 10 percent by inTrump and GOP lawmakcome, according to the noners are making this a shell partisan Congressional game – they say you’re benBudget Office (CBO). The efiting from tax cuts, but top 0.1 percent of housethe fact is that because of holds (those with income Views from Near and Far the benefit cuts, millions of more than $3.3m a year) of working families will will receive annual tax cuts end up worse off. of $103,500 on average, according to the Yale According to the CBO, Americans in the Budget Lab. bottom 10 percent by income (averaging If you’re wealthy enough to have $15 mil$23,751) will end up $1,214 worse off on lion in assets, the bill is very good for you. average per year, while the next lowest 10 Under the bill, the first $15 million in an indipercent (averaging $43,092) will end up $392 vidual’s assets are exempt from the estate tax, worse off per year. Those in the third-lowest nearly triple the $5.5 million in pre-Trump tenth ($54,453) will receive a mere $23 andays. For couples, the first $30 million in asnual gain. Those in the fourth-lowest decile sets will be exempt. Does anyone think that ($67,637) will see a very modest net gain of these sound like working family tax cuts? $379. Cutting through all these numbers, this shows that for tens of millions of WORKING FAMILIES families, the bill is a net loser or a wash.

BENEFIT CUTS “This really is a big, beautiful bill for bilFrankly, it would be more accurate to lionaires, but for the poor and the working call the bill the Working Families Benefits class in this country, you are actually poorer,” Cut Bill. said the Representative Brendan Boyle, the Containing a painful $1.4 trillion in top Democrat on the House budget committee.

Medicaid and other cuts that Republicans For those solidly in the middle class, the bill insisted on to help finance their tax cuts for provides modest gains. Middle-class families the rich, the bill is filled with benefit cuts earning between $86,000 and $108,000 would that hurt working families. Roughly 15 milreceive between $800 and $1,200, around one lion Americans will lose health coverage percent of income, the CBO says. and become uninsured because the bill cuts TIPS AND OVERTME Medicaid funding and reduces subsidies for Obamacare.

Since we’re discussing taxes, we shouldn’t Other results of the bill: four million people forget Trump’s massive tariffs – they are will lose some or all of their food aid, while unarguably a tax, a sales tax on imports that 4.4 million students from working families will hit working-class Americans hardest. might lose all or some of their federal aid to The reason: the non-wealthy spend a higher go to college. share of their income on imports, whether When one combines the effects of Trump’s on furniture, electronics or coffee, than the tariffs and his ‘big, beautiful bill’, 90 percent wealthy do. The Yale Budget Lab found that of U.S. families will end up worse off. when one combines the effects of Trump’s “Who’s getting hit, who’s bearing the cost? tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 90 Unfortunately, that name is another effort to dupe America’s working families. The bill gives 45 percent of next year’s tax cuts to the highest-earning five percent of U.S. households, while just one percent of the tax cuts go the lowest-earning 20 percent of households. Under the bill, far more in net tax cuts, $117 billion, will go to the wealthiest one percent of households next year than will go to the bottom 60 percent ($77 billion).

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percent of American families will end up worse off. Seventy percent of households will face losses ranging from $780 to $2,570 each year.

President Trump boasts that two provisions he championed – no tax on tips and no tax on overtime – will be great for working Americans. But those provisions will be far less helpful than people realize. Just three percent of U.S. workers receive tips, and one-third of them earn so little that they don’t pay federal income taxes. So no tax on tips won’t help them.

No tax on overtime won’t help workers nearly as much as many think. The deduction applies only to the “half” in “time and a half” overtime pay. So if a worker earns $20 an hour and receives $30 per overtime hour, that worker can deduct only the $10 premium per overtime hour, not the full $30.

John Ricco, an analyst at the Yale Budget Lab, says that for the bottom 40 percent of Americans by income, no tax on overtime will mean “less than a $10 tax cut per year” – “essentially a rounding error.”

DON’T BE FOOLED By seeking to call this bill the Working Families Tax Cut Bill, Trump and the GOP are again seeking to hold themselves out as the best friends of American workers, even though Trump, since returning to office, has taken dozens of anti-worker actions. He halted enforcement of a regulation that protects miners from a debilitating, often fatal lung disease. He has stripped one million federal employees of their important right to bargain collectively and has torn up union contracts for hundreds of thousands. He fired the chair of the National Labor Relations Board, leaving the nation’s top labor watchdog without a quorum to protect workers from companies’ unlawful anti-union actions. Trump is also pushing to end minimum wage and overtime protections for 3.7 million home-care and domestic workers.

People who care about working families – whether union leaders, clergy or community leaders – need to make clear to the public that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act hurts many working Americans. It is a bait and switch, telling working families that it’s good for them even as it cuts benefits for millions of working Americans while lavishing big tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans.

(Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labor and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues.

Reprinted from The Guardian.)

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Operating Engineers Local 513’s Meet the Machines open house draws 3,500 Silex, MO – Educational, amazing and downright fun. Those are just some of the words attendees used to describe the Operating Engineers Local 513’s Meet the Machines open house held last week here at the Local 513 training center.

The second annual event, which drew 3,500, offered guests a chance to get up close and personal with cranes, bulldozers, tractors and trucks and even take a turn at the controls behind the wheel.

There was also barbecue, a live band, bounces houses and a giant sandbox where kids could dig for prizes – mini-versions of the heavy equipment machines.

The day, which showcased the Local 513 apprenticeship program, culminated with a pair of dueling machines, a crane picking up a car and dropping it to the ground, a crane dropping a 14,000-pound weight on a car and two separate car crushes by bulldozers. The crowd enthusiastically roared with delight as the show went on.

“We couldn’t be happier with the turnout and can’t wait for next year,” said Local 513 President and Business Manager Brian Graff.

“And I’d like to thank everyone who made this day possible including our hard-working apprentices and journeymen.”

EDUCATIONAL AND FUN Eleven-year-old Hannah Contreras, of Fenton, came with her family and had an awesome time learning about the different machines, but she also attended for a very important reason: “I’m here to face my fear of heights,” she said as she was standing in line awaiting to climb into one of the giant machines. “I don’t know if I’d want to do this as a career though. I might want to be a concrete finisher or a teacher.”

THE POWER OF MACHINES – A bulldozer crushes cars as part of Operating Engineers Local 513 Meet the Machines open house held at its training Center Sept. 27 in Silex, Mo. – Labor Tribune photo

Hannah’s mother Tandi Contreras thought it was a great event to keep families connected.

“It’s educational and downright fun, and I’m grateful to Operating Engineers Local 513 for putting it on,” she said.

‘AWESOME TIME’

Cale Moyer, 14, attended the event with his aunt and uncle.

“I’m having an awesome time,” he said. “I’m thinking about a career in excavation work.”

Kaitlyn Prinster, whose fam-

DUELING MACHINES – Two Caterpillar 627 twin engine scrapers duel it out much to the crowd’;s delight at the Operating Engineers Local 513 Meet the Machines event on Sept. 27.

– Labor Tribune photo

ily has worked in Local 513 for 32 years, brought her family, including her son Kurtis Prinster, who will be starting the Local 513 training program soon.

“This is just amazing,” she said.

“There’s so many things for the kids

to learn about and do.”

For more information on the Local 513 apprenticeship program, contact the Operating Engineers Local 513 Training Center at 573485-2200 or email info@oelocal513training.com.

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SEIU Local 1 essential St. Louis EWMC hosts Bourbon janitors rally for good janitorial jobs, & Cigar Night to raise money for Coats for Kids to protect standards for working people

Florissant, MO – The Greater St. Louis chapter of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC) recently hosted a Bourbon & Cigar Night to raise money to buy coats for local children. The Sept. 18 event was held at the Florissant Golf Club here at 50 Country Club Lane, and each attendee received two fine cigars, six bourbon pours, appetizers and a custom-etched EWMC glass.

– EWMC Greater St. Louis chapter photo

St. Louis — As contract negotiations for 1,600 essential janitors in St. Louis continue, member leaders are making their voices heard.

For months, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 members in St. Louis have been talking to coworkers and fellow union members about the importance of showing up to rallies and delegations so decision makers hear them loud and clear, and know they mean business.

On Sept. 25, the message was very clear as janitors represented by Local 1 and supported by community rallies delivered the message: St. Louisans deserve good paying union jobs.

Essential workers have been maintaining office buildings in downtown St. Louis and across St. Louis County for decades, Local 1 says, and many are struggling to

make ends meet, even while juggling two or three jobs.

“It’s time for building owners and janitorial contractors profiting from their labor to provide sustainable union jobs that strengthen the working class and, in turn, the local economy,” Local 1 says.

Janitors rallied at the Deloitte Building in downtown St. Louis – where owners recently hired a union janitorial subcontractor – to demand good janitorial jobs across St. Louis with fair wages that value essential workers and job security that doesn’t undercut the standards that St. Louis working families deserve.

– SEIU Local 1 photos

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL BODIES Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council

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

Greater Madison County Federation of Labor

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

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Official IAM District 9 Notices IAM District 9

Meetings at Machinists’ Building, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, Mo., unless otherwise stated.

DISTRICT 9 LODGE — Second Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

DISTRICT 9 EXECUTIVE BOARD — Second Wednes­day, 7:15 p.m., Conference Room.

DISTRICT 9 M.N.P.L. Legislative meeting immediately after each month’s regular District Lodge meeting.

IAM Lodge 41

The regular monthly meeting will be held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Machinists Hall, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, MO 63044. Members, take note. Shop stewards, please post this notice in your shop.

SPECIAL NOTICE:Monthly Dues increase as of January 1, 2025, all members at the current rate of $88.50 will go up to $91.00; members at the current rate of $93.50 will go up to $96.00; members at the current rate of $98.50 will go up to $101.00. Unemployment dues are $4 per month. All dues should be paid no later than the 10th of the following month or your membership will lapse and reinstatement (four times the dues rate) will be owed.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Members should contact the Lodge 41 office when retiring, going out on sick leave, workers comp and any change of address.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Lodge 41 will have nominations for affiliate bodies at the December meeting.

IAM Lodge 313

Regular meeting and Shop Stewards’ meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., Sheet Metal Workers Local 268 Hall, 2727 North 89th St., Caseyville, Ill. 62232. See website at iamlocal313.com.

OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone 618-3976336. When mailing dues be sure to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your book. Make your check payable to Metro East Automotive Lodge 313.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Initiation of new members will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 268 Hall, 2701 North 89th St., Caseyville, Ill. 62232.

SPECIAL NOTICE: As of January 1, 2025, the monthly dues will be $99.00 per month for Journeymen, Service Writers, Dispatchers, Body Men, Apprentice, Specialist. $86.50 per month for Greeter, Helper, Lube Tech, Production Worker.

Unemployment Stamps will be $4 per month.

SPECIAL NOTICE: The November meeting will be changed to the third Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, because of the Veterans Day holiday on Nov. 11.

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SPECIAL NOTICE: NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS NOTICE: In Accordance with the Grand Lodge Constitution, District Lodge 9 By-laws and Local Lodge 313 By-laws, nomination for President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary,

Secretary/Treasurer, Conductor Sentinel, Three Trustee’s, Two Auditors, five Delegates to District 9 Board, with one being the Delegate to District 9 Executive Board. Three Delegates to and one Alternate to Illinois State Council of Machinists, and to Illinois State AFL-CIO. Two delegates Midwest States Conference of Machinists and one Alternate. NOMINATIONS will be held Nov. 18, 2025 at the regular Local Lodge 313 meeting, 2727 N. 89th Street, Caseyville, IL. 62232 Election for the aforementioned nominees will be Dec. 9, 2025 if needed. At the regular Local Lodge 313 Meeting. Members eligible for absentee ballot per the Grand Lodge Constitution shall make a written request by delivering in person or mailing to: LOCAL 313, Recording Secretary 2727 N. 89th Street Caseyville, IL 62232 REQUESTS MUST BE MADE 30-DAYS PRIOR to ELECTION. See absentee ballot request form below.

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The regular meeting date of Lodge 660 is the third Tuesday of each month. It will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Machinists Center, 161 N. Shamrock, East Alton, Ill. SPECIAL NOTICE: Effective Jan. 1, 2025 for Bluff City Lodge #660, IAMAW, the unemployment dues will be $4 per month and the union dues will be based on the member’s hourly rate as follows: Hourly Pay Rate Dues Rate $12.50 or Less $94 per Month $12.51 to $14.50 $98 per Month $14.51 to $16.50 $102 per Month $16.51 or More $106 per Month This notice is in accordance with the I.A.M. & A. W. Constitution.

SPECIAL NOTICE: NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION NOTICE: In Accordance with the Grand Lodge Constitution, District Lodge 9 By-Laws and Local Lodge 660 By-Laws, nominations for President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, SecretaryTreasurer, Conductor-Sentinel, three Trustees, three Auditors, six delegates on District #9 Board, one Delegate on District #9 Executive Board, two Delegates & two Alternate Delegates for Illinois State Council of Machinists, Midwest States Council of Machinists, and Illinois State AFL-CIO will be held on November 18, 2025 at the regular Union meeting of Local Lodge 660 at the Machinists Hall, 161 N. Shamrock St., East Alton, IL at 7:30 p.m.

An election for the aforementioned nominees will be held on December 16, 2025, at the Machinists Hall, 161 N. Shamrock St., East Alton, IL. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Members eligible to receive an absentee ballot, per the Grand Lodge Constitution, shall make a written request by delivering in person or mailing such request to: Recording Secretary 161 N. Shamrock Street East Alton, IL 62024 Written request for an absentee ballot must be received by the Recording Secretary not later than: “30 DAYS” before the election.

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The regular meetings are on the second Thursday at 7 p.m., Machinists Building, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, MO 63044. Phone number (314) 702-2210.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Please mail dues to IAM District 9 c/o Lodge 688, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, MO 63044.

IAM Lodge 777

Regular meetings at 7 p.m. on second Thursdays at Machinists Building, 12635 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, Mo. SPECIAL NOTICE: Members should contact the Lodge 777 office when changing shops, retiring, going out on sick leave, workers comp, and any change of address.

SPECIAL NOTICE: As of Jan. 1, 2025 the monthly dues will be $99 per month for Journeymen, Service Writers, Dispatchers, Body Men & Specialist and $86.50 per month for Apprentice, Greeter, Helper and Production Worker.

Unemployment Stamps will be $4 per month.

IAM Lodge 822

Regular meetings at 6 p.m. first Tuesday each month at the IAM Lodge 822 Hall 2929 N. Fifth St., Quincy, Ill. PLEASE NOTE: New Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed noon - 1 p.m.

IAM Lodge 1345

The regular meetings will be held at the Machinist Hall, 12365 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, on the second Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and the night steward meeting is held at noon. If there is a cancellation of any meeting, it will appear under a special notice.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Effective January 1,2025 IAM Local 1345 dues rates are as follows: For members making $12.50 or less, their dues rate will be $89 per month. For members making $12.51 and above, their dues rate will be $96 per month. The initiation fee is $192, which is twice the monthly dues and $384 for reinstatement, which is four times the monthly dues. The out-of-work dues remains at $4. Dues are due no later than the 10th of the following month they are due.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Members should contact the Local 1345 office 314-739-8301 when retiring, going out on sick leave,workers comp and with any change of address or phone numbers.

SPECIAL NOTICE: The November meeting has been moved to Nov. 6 at 5:30 pm.

IAM Lodge 1745

Membership meetings will be held for the first shift at 4 p.m. the second Monday each month at Ron’s Catering, 113 E. Main St., Warrenton. Quarterly meetings will be held for the second shift at 2 p.m. the second Monday of these months: March, June, September and December.

SPECIAL NOTICE: When approaching retirement, it’s a mem­ber’s responsibility to contact the financial secretary or local lodge officer to get an application for a retirement card.

IAM Lodge 1815

Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday each month at AFL-CIO meeting hall, 534 S. Second Street, Springfield, IL 62701.

IAM Lodge 2782

The regular monthly meetings will be held at 5 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the IAM Lodge 2782 office, 408 Washington Ave. Suite 134, West Plains, MO. SPECIAL NOTICE: The meeting for second-shift workers will be held at 2 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the IAM Lodge 2782 office, 408 Washington Ave. Suite134, West Plains, MO.

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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.

IAM Lodge 660 Retirees’ Club

Retired members, wife or husband, father and mother of members in good standing, the retired members club’s regular meeting will be held at the Machinists’ Center, 161 Shamrock Street, East Alton, Ill., on the first ­Wednesday of each month. Social hour at 10 a.m. Covered dish dinner at noon and games and entertainment at 1 p.m. Barbara Hayes, Recording Secretary.

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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.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 101

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.

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Your Health Mind, Body, Spirit

Driving in the dark

we all face and one that particularly affects older drivers: vision.

Humans are born with two types of photoreceptors in their eyes: rods and cones. In the daytime, we utilize cones — the structures that allow us to see color. With the onset of night, however, we shift to a mix of rods and cones; in very, very low light, we rely entirely on rods — which is why, in the darkness, everything appears black and white.

“When you age, you start to lose rod photoreceptors before you lose cone photoreceptors,” says Cynthia Owsley, the chair of ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. So, while our vision in daylight may be just fine, our night vision becomes less acute.

In people with age-related macular degeneration, this process is even more pronounced, she notes.

OLDER EYES LESS SENSITIVE

GLARE from headlights can be annoying or even blinding, a phenomenon that increases as we age.

Half of all fatal car crashes happen after dark, according to data from the National Safety Council, even though only 25 percent of driving happens then. Drivers are less

likely to wear seat belts at night, more often under the influence of alcohol, and more prone to be fatigued.

But there’s another big problem

At the same time, our pupils, which regulate how much light enters our eyes, shrink with age, says John Bullough, program director at the Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City.

“The older we are, the smaller our pupils are,” he says. “Even for the same light level, there’s less light getting inside our eyeball.”

By the time we hit our 60s, he adds, the backs of our eyes are receiving only one-third the light they did when we were 20. “The world just

gets darker, day-by-day,” he says.

“The only reason we don’t notice it is because it’s so gradual.” As we age, we also become less sensitive to changes in contrast and thus less able to distinguish objects — like road signs or pedestrians — from their background.

And the darker it gets, the more challenged our sight becomes, especially when it’s a question of spotting objects along the side of the road. A study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that pedestrian fatalities were 22 percent more likely to occur on nights when there was a new — and essentially invisible — moon than on brighter nights with a full moon. Plus, in low-contrast conditions, it’s difficult to estimate how fast objects, such as other cars, are moving, and our reaction times are slowed.

What’s more, by the time we reach our late 50s, nearly one in 10 of us will suffer from cataracts — a blurring caused by a buildup of protein on the disc-like lenses behind our pupils. By the time we hit our 80s, more than half of us will have cataracts. “Everyone who lives long enough, whether their eyes are healthy or not, will experience cataracts,” Bullough says.

BE AWARE OF GLARE Driving at night, you may find yourself occasionally getting “flashed” by oncoming drivers protesting your use of high beams — even when you’re using low beams.

“It’s relatively easy to put a lot of light on the road,” Brumbelow says.

“The issue is that you have to do that without glaring other drivers.”

And in the U.S., headlights tend to have a sharp “cutoff” — a sort of line where it’s bright below, dark above, Bullough notes. So when an oncoming car hits a bump, it may look to you as if the driver is flashing the headlights.

Another issue: SUVs now outsell sedans by two-to-one. “The same headlight bulb could, in theory, be mounted two feet off the ground in a sports car or closer to four feet above the ground on a large pickup or SUV,” Bullough says, which means that the light it casts could shine two feet higher — and potentially right into your eyes.

These two factors are compounded by the way headlights are being made today. The newest headlights don’t generate any more light than the old ones. But they can seem to. “A lot of these LEDs have pretty high bluish content, which we seem to be more sensitive to,” Bullough says.

Glare can be annoying or even blinding, a phenomenon that increases as we age. After suddenly seeing a bright light, what’s called photo-stress recovery time takes longer when you’re older. And the presence of oversize infotainment screens and tricked-out cockpit configurations in newer cars makes the interior of the car brighter — thus confusing the eyes even more.

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LABOR TRIBUNE • Thursday, October 2-8, 2025 • 7

Your Health Mind, Body, Spirit

The brain-heart connection: Mayo Clinic expert explains powerful tie that works both ways

World Heart Day was Sept. 29 You may have heard of the mindbody connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, espe-

cially those related to stress, can influence physical health.

Mohamad Alkhouli, M.D., an interventional cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is researching the relationship between

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“The mind-heart connection is part of the broader mind-body relationship, but it’s uniquely powerful.

Emotional states like anxiety, grief, or even joy can directly influence heart rhythms, blood pressure, and even the risk of heart attacks,” Dr. Alkhouli says. “At the same time, the heart sends signals back to the brain through nerves, hormones, and pressure receptors — affecting our mood, attention, and stress lev-

els. So, it’s not just the brain talking to the heart; the heart talks back.”

Conditions with a brain-heart connection include spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and stress-induced cardiopathy (SICM), also known as broken heart syndrome. Both conditions can result from stress. Dr. Alkhouli has been part of Mayo Clinic research teams exploring aspects of each.

BROKEN HEART SYNDROME Broken heart syndrome often

is sparked by stressful situations and extreme emotions; it briefly interrupts the way the heart pumps blood. People experiencing it may have sudden chest pain and think they’re having a heart attack.

The tools typically used to screen for heart attacks cannot identify when broken heart syndrome is actually the cause of a patient’s chest pain. In most cases, invasive coronary angiography is required to differentiate SICM from myocardial infarction due to coronary See BRAIN-HEART page 11

8 • LABOR TRIBUNE • Thursday, October 2-8, 2025

Port Council From page 21 Labor rallies and standing with unions in their fight for fair wages and safe, skilled work on city building projects.

Wearing his other hat as executive secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council, Stiffer said “There hasn’t been one single time that I’ve called or texted the new mayor that she hasn’t been there every step of the way for anything the St. Louis Building Trades has asked.”

workforce,” she said. “Being able to call John, or call anybody here, to be those partners on the issues that are most pressing, most impactful, making sure that our interests are aligned is the way we’re going to move forward.”

DICK MANTIA LEADERSHIP AWARD: ST. LOUIS CITY COMPTROLLER DONNA BARINGER

MAYOR CARA SPENCER “It is a great honor to receive this award,” Spencer said. “I’m truly, truly honored to be recognized by the St. Louis Port Council, to be recognized by an organization that represents the organizations that are the backbone of our economy is incredibly meaningful. Our economy, the work that we do wouldn’t be possible without the work that you all do and the folks that you all represent.

“As mayor I take the responsibility of representing the interests of our community very seriously, the interests of our city and the interests of the organizations that you represent,” she said. “I know that it’s those partnerships between the city and the workers, the folks that do the work that makes our city great that makes us positioned to be the growing city that we can be.”

And the partnership goes both ways, Spencer said.

“When we are looking at issues like whether or not we’re going to be building data centers in our city, whether it’s good for our community, what is good for the environment whether it’s good for our economy, I know that it needs to be good for our

ST. LOUIS COMPTROLLER DONNA BARINGER was honored with the St. Louis Port Council’s Dick Mantia Leadership Award at the Port Council’s annual awards program Sept. 25.

Presenting the award are (from left) Port Council President John Stiffler, (Baringer), Port Council SecretaryTreasurer Bryan Powell, and Port Council Vice President John Orr.

– Labor Tribune photo

Baringer was sworn in as St. Louis comptroller in 2025, bringing with her over two decades of experience including 13 years as 16th Ward Alderwoman, and eight years representing Missouri’s 82 District in the Missouri House of Representatives.

“Known for her focus on accountability and financial stewardship, Donna has earned recognition for her legislative reforms and continues to champion responsible government for the people of St, Louis,” said Port Council Secretary-

Treasurer Bryan Powell.

Baringer joked that this may be the first time many in the room had seen her when she wasn’t asking for campaign help.

“I ran for comptroller because I wanted to make St. Louis better, and I believe you can lead, follow or get out of the way,” Baringer said.

“So, I said I’m doing this and I’m doing for what’s best for the city of St. Louis. And while I’m the chief financial officer for all the funds for the city of St. Louis, one of the most important things I’m working on right now is that airport and that’s work for all of you because we’re building a brand-new terminal, and at the same exact time we’re building a brand-new garage. Guess what we’re going to need? Union workers.”

Baringer sits on the Airport Commission and has been working with St. Louis County Councilwoman Gretchen Bangert on the airport expansion project.

“The Dick Mantia Award is given because he was a bridge builder. He brought Labor and management together. He cared. He was able to do it. And I believe in that as well.

I believe in working regionally. I have a fantastic relationship with the mayor, but I also have a fantastic relationship with my companion, Councilwoman Gretchen Bangert.

“We have to think regionally, act regionally and I will do everything in my power to do that,” Baringer said. “I am honored to get this award this evening. And I am really honored because it’s on the shoulders of all my family members who came to this country with nothing and were able to get jobs because of the union.”

JACK MARTORELLI LEADERSHIP AWARD: LT. COL. LAWRENCE O’TOOLE

ST. LOUIS BACKSTOPPERS Executive Director Lawrence “Larry” O’Toole (second from left) was honored with the St. Louis Port Council’s Jack Martorelli Leadership Award at the Port Council’s annual awards program Sept.

25. Presenting the award are (from left) Port Council President John Stiffler, (O’Toole), Port Council SecretaryTreasurer Bryan Powell, and Port Council Vice President John Orr.

– Labor Tribune photo

Lawrence “Larry” O’Toole was selected as the new executive director of BackStoppers in 2024. BackStoppers is the fund that supports the families of police, fire and EMS workers killed or severely injured in the line of duty.

O’Toole began his law enforcement career in December of 1982 with the St. Louis County Police Department, and in 1984 started his 38-year career in government with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

He earned a Bachelor of Science form Southeast Missouri State and a Master of Business Administration from Lindenwood University.

He is also a graduate from the FBI National Executive Institute, Anti-Defamation League Advanced Training School, the Naval Post Graduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security

Executive Leaders Program, Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute for Police, the FBI National Academy and numerous other training schools.

He is also the recipient of numerous chief’s letters of commendation as well as certificates of appreciation from the United States Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Justice.

O’Toole congratulated Mayor Spencer and Comptroller Baringer on their awards before reflecting on Jack Martorelli and the leadership he demonstrated in organizing Guns ’N Hoses, the annual pre-Thanksgiving night of boxing matches between police and fire fighters to raise money for BackStoppers.

“Leadership is a word we hear a lot,” O’Toole said. “We all know the difference between a manager and leader. A manager makes sure things are done right. A leader makes sure the right things are done.

“I met Jack in 1987 at the beginning of Guns N Hoses,” O’Toole said, noting that he had boxed in the first two years of the event.

“Fast forward 30 years and Guns ’N Hoses is still going on, and that’s what leadership is about, it’s about doing the right thing,” O’Toole said.

“It impacts me a lot as ambassador because the last four years, Guns N Hoses has written a check to BackStoppers for $1 million. That’s what leadership started 28 years ago. That $1million goes a long way.

Today, the BackStoppers is supporting 95 families, 75 children and 12 catastrophically injured officers.

“That’s what Jack Martorelli did for us, that’s what he did for our families, and that’s what true leadership is about.”

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This Week In

Labor History

1975 – Some 200 Pressmen begin what is to become a two-year strike at the Washington Post.

1994 – The National Hockey League team owners began a lockout of the players that lasted 103 days.

OCTOBER 2 SEPTEMBER 29 1962 – A report by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take-home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87.

2010 – Tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets of Europe, striking against government austerity measures.

SEPTEMBER 30 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.

1962 – Cesar Chavez, with Dolo-

res Huerta, co-founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later was to become the United Farm Workers of America.

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

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

1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States. It was built mostly by workers hired through the state’s Re-Employment offices.

A picket line by striking pressmen in Greenbelt, Md., 1975

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

Starbucks Workers Union strike

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.”

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.

OCTOBER 3

OCTOBER 5

1945 – Pacific Greyhound Lines bus drivers in seven western states begin what is to become a threeweek strike, eventually settling for a 10.5 percent raise.

1961 – The United Auto Workers calls for a company-wide strike against Ford Motor Co., the first since Ford’s initial contract with the union 20 years earlier.

1967 – Folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie (“This Land is Your Land,” “Union Maid” and hundreds of others) dies of Huntington’s disease in New York at the age of 55 1970 – Baseball umpires strike for recognition of their newly-formed Major League Umpires Association, win after one day.

OCTOBER 4 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-and-off conflict with the federation. In 2009

Set decorators riot at Warner Brothers Studios during “Hollywood Black Friday,” 1945

1945 – A strike by set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., when scabs try to cross the picket line.

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.

(Compiled by David Prosten, founder Union Communication Services)

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Brain-Heart From page 1 obstruction. Mayo research found that a novel technology called magnetocardiography, which measures magnetic fields generated by the heart, can help identify broken heart syndrome.

SCAD Another Mayo study suggests that SCAD, a type of heart attack that often results from physical or emotional stress, can be a secondary event instigated by broken heart syndrome.

In broken heart syndrome, the heart’s temporary weakening doesn’t happen evenly: Some parts of the heart fail to contract well, while others work harder to compensate, Dr. Alkhouli says. This uneven motion creates twisting forces on the heart muscle.

“Because the coronary arteries, the main blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, sit on top of the heart, they can be stretched or stressed at the junctions between these overactive and underactive areas during broken heart syndrome,” he explains. “In some cases, this stress may cause a tear in the artery wall, what we call SCAD.” A question still to be answered is why some people develop broken heart syndrome after emotional

HEART AND BRAIN CLOSELY LINKED

trauma while others do not, Dr. Alkhouli notes.

EMOTIONAL STRESS Emotional stress also can increase the risk of other heart conditions, such as: • High blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

• Heart disease.

• Atrial tachycardia.

• Bradycardia.

“What fascinates me most is how deeply intertwined our emotional and cardiovascular systems are, and how much we still don’t understand,” Dr. Alkhouli says. “Could we one day ‘rewire’ this connection for healing, using therapy, neuromodulation (alteration of nerve activity at targeted sites in the body by electrical or chemical means), or even digital tools? At Mayo Clinic, we›re exploring these questions, and we’re beginning to see the heart and brain not as separate organs, but as a single, dynamic network.”

That network works in both directions. Dr. Alkhouli is part of Mayo’s Heart Brain Clinic, where cardiologists and neurologists work together to evaluate patients who may have neurological symptoms that can be attributed to a cardiac event.

In these patients, the heart and brain are closely linked, such as strokes caused by clots that form in the heart, known as cardioembolic strokes. The causes of a transient ischemic attack, a short period of stroke-like symptoms, may include a blood clot that moves from another part of the body, such as the heart, to an artery that supplies the brain. The heart condition atherosclerosis, the buildup of fats,

WHY WAIT FOR THE MAIL?

for your heart, and vice versa,” he explains. That includes: • Managing stress.

• Getting quality sleep.

• Staying socially connected.

• Practicing mindfulness or prayer.

“All have measurable benefits for heart health,” Dr. Alkhouli says.

“Likewise, regular physical activity, a heart-healthy diet and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol can boost mood and cognitive function.

It’s a powerful feedback loop: Caring for one supports the other.”

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cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls, can also lead to a transient ischemic attack.

More research is needed to better understand how to harness the mind-heart connection for disease prevention and healing. There are steps you can take now for your mental health that will benefit your heart, and things you can do for your heart health that will benefit your brain, Dr. Alkhouli says.

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Chevrolet’s pony car may return as an EV Reincar nation is common in the automotive world.

Ford’s Maverick sedan came back as a pickup truck.

The HemiWEAKS powered Dodge Charger Daytona was resurrected as the brand’s first all-electric muscle car. The venerable Jeep Cherokee will re-debut in 2027 as an EV. The once-brutish Ford Bronco

has now been fun-sized.

A familiar name can save a company from having to establish a new model from scratch. The auto industry has a habit of digging up old nameplates and reintroducing modern versions of vehicles it killed off long ago, like the Jeep Gladiator pickup. Names like “Mustang” and “Blazer” can be powerful marketing tools, but sometimes they aren’t.

In 1974 Pontiac ditched the fading GTO. Twenty-five years later they brought it back, only to see it fail again in 2004.

It’s been nearly two years since General Motors retired the Chevrolet Camaro. GM’s once-formidable answer to the Ford Mustang was

PRODUCTION of the sixth-generation Camaro concluded in January 2024. Now Chevrolet is rumored to re-introduce the fabled pony car as a high-performance electric vehicle.

Shown is an artist’s conception.

barely making a dent in the market at the end. Production of the sixthgeneration Camaro concluded in January 2024 at the GM Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan.

Camaro fans pleaded with GM to reconsider. After all, the rakishly styled Camaro was an icon unto itself, like the Mustang. How could GM let it die?

Well, guess what. Camaro is coming back – just not as you might expect it.

Even before the bowtie brand pulled the once-mighty Camaro out of production there was talk about when – and how – it might return to the lineup. And, if anything, those rumors have recently caught fire, with a number of different sources reporting that the muscle car is really set to rise phoenix-like from the ashes.

GM officials have done a lot to keep the rumors alive, as Motor1.com points out. Scott Bell, Chevrolet’s global vice president, emphasized that the Camaro badge wasn’t permanently set out to pasture, noting in 2022, “While we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro’s story.”

GM President Mark Reuss added grist to the rumor mill when he laid out some guidelines as to what a Camaro revival would require. “I think that formula of beauty — and a little bit of functionality and fun — all of that is important. If we were getting back into Camaro, that piece of it is really important. I think that would be a great formula, and we have the ability to do that.”

With that, the automotive press is betting that Camaro will come

back in electrified form, likely in a crossover body style comparable to the Mustang Mach-E. It might even have – Heaven forbid – four doors.

“The Chevy Camaro’s Coming Back – But Not How You Remember It,” Motor Trend said. It even suggested the ZL-1, traditionally the most potent version of the Chevy muscle car, could be bumped up to 1,000 horsepower.

Before we get all Pollyanna about it, the big challenge is that the muscle car segment ain’t what it used to be. While Ford crowed about how it knocked out Camaro, the Mustang hasn’t been faring all that well either, of late, sales slipping 9.5 percent last year before recording a 14.2 percent plunge for the first half of 2025.

Fiorani’s sources have advised him there is a four-door Chevrolet coming in an upcoming model year. That could describe both a conventional sedan or something likely closer to the Mustang MachE design.

Car fan blog Electrek.com agrees, saying “Like Mach-E, the electric Camaro is expected to return with a more crossoverSUV look.” What’s more, GM may expand the Camaro nameplate into a Chevrolet sub-brand, which will lead to more Camaro body styles, possibly including a sedan. This comes on the heels of a report that the company also will come out with a Corvette SUV.

A FOUR-DOOR CAMARO?

Although GM isn’t using the Ultium name anymore, many suspect the 2027 Chevrolet Camaro EV, if it happens, will be built on the same flexible battery architecture.

Doing so allows Chevrolet to create a lineup of variants including lower-end single-motor versions and high-performance models with dual-motor layouts.

For example, more basic versions of a 2027 Camaro EV equipped with LT or RS trims are likely to use a single motor driving the rear wheels. These models should develop anywhere from 241 to 365 hp if the company uses existing motors from its other electric vehicles. The Camaro EV could also poach the Blazer EV’s dual-motor AWD setup for a combined output of 300 hp and 355 lb-ft of torque, Motor Trend says.

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And yet the Mustang Mach-E has continued to gain traction – all the more compelling considering the overall slowdown in the EV market this past year.

Like the Dodge Charger EV and the Mach-E, the switch from gasoline to electricity will probably come with a change in body style.

Whether gas- or ion-powered, the rumors indicate that Chevrolet has given up on going with a classic coupe body style, even though traditionalists wouldn’t be happy, said Sam Fiorani, lead analyst with AutoForecast Solutions. “They might not accept a four-door,” or, for that matter, a crossover utility vehicle, or CUV. CUVs are built on a car-like unibody platform, offering a comfortable, car-like ride and better fuel efficiency than most traditional SUVs. As reported by Motor Trend,

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Camaro From page 12

THE CAMARO EV may borrow the Hummer EV’s three-motor setup to produce up to 1,000 hp. This would give Chevy the opportunity to bring back the vaunted ZL1 trim reserved for track-capable versions of the Camaro sports car.

A 1967 CAMARO rolls down the assembly line at Chevrolet’s Van Nuys, Calif., plant. The Camaro shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird. The Camaro was also built in Norwood, Ohio.

LIKE FORD’S MUSTANG MACH-E, shown here, the electric Camaro is expected to return with a more crossover-SUV look. The Camaro was introduced in 1967 to compete with the Mustang.

likely to be offered and could use the same dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup as the Blazer EV SS. That would suggest a combined output of 615 hp. Or, a version of the Camaro EV could borrow the Hummer EV’s three-motor setup to produce up to 1,000 hp. This would give Chevy the opportunity to bring back the vaunted ZL1 trim reserved for only the most track-capable versions of the Camaro sports car.

GM prexy Reuss has indicated he intends the Camaro to start at an affordable price point with an emphasis on fun, with several variations in body styles. Prices would likely range from $36,000 to $65,500. MSRPs for the Ford Mustang Mach-E start around $39,990 for the Select trim and $56,490 for the GT trim.

The Camaro was originally created to compete with the Mustang. History now appears ready to repeat itself as Chevrolet prepares to reintroduce the Camaro nameplate to the market. While it looks like high-performance, fossil-powered pony cars are a thing of the past, Ford and Chevrolet are girding for a New Age battle. Plug in your charger and get ready to rumble!

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Notices From page 5 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.

RETIREE CLUBS AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 59 Boilermakers Local 363 Retirees IBEW Local 309 Retirees Sheet Metal Workers Local 268 Retirees’ Club

Meets on the second Wednesday of the month at Sheet Metal Workers Local 268 Hall, 2701 N. 89th St., Caseyville, Ill. at 1 p.m.

All Retirees Welcome.

Teamsters Local 600 Golden Age Retirees

MISSOURI CENTRAL BODIES Greater St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO

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

Meetings third Monday at 5 p.m., IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., 63110. John Schepers, president. Information: fritz@ unionlabel.info 314-779-9959

Ironworkers Local 396

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

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

Laborers Local 42

Union meetings are the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Local 42’s Union Hall at 301 South Ewing Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103.

Laborers Local 42 offers a recurring payment option for dues payments. Find out more and sign-up by calling the Union Hall at 314-531-1187 or coming to the hall in person at 301 S. Ewing Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103.

SPECIAL NOTICE: In compliance with an International Variance, please be advised of the new Referral Rules update (out-of-work list): • Initially a member must report to the Union Hall in person to be placed on the out-of-work list; then, the member can call the Union Hall to be put on the out-of-work list.

• Members must call in during the first full week of every month to re-register for the out-of-work to maintain his or her name on the referral list, failure to do so will result in being taken off the referral list.

• Members may contact the Union Hall for a copy of the updated referral rules.

Laborers Local 110

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: Bricklayers Local 1 October meeting will be held Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m.

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

Cement Masons Local 527

St. Louis meetings: 7 p.m. second Friday monthly at 3449 Hollenberg Drive, Bridgeton, MO 63044.

Louisiana meetings: 7 p.m. first Thursday in even months at the American Legion Hall, 420 Kelly Lane, Louisiana, MO. Jefferson City meetings: 7 p.m. third Monday in even months at The Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE), 1411 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson City, MO. Cape Girardeau meetings: 7 p.m. fourth Thursday in even months at 777 Enterprise Street, Cape Girardeau, MO.

3341 Hollenberg Dr, Bridgeton, MO 63044

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 are held the First Wednesday and the Third Friday of each Month at the IBEW, Local 1 Union Hall located at 5850 Elizabeth Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110. Meetings begin promptly at 5 p.m. Please make every effort to attend.

IBEW Local 1 Apprentices

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

IBEW Local 4

5850 Elizabeth Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110

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.

Laborers Local 660

Meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7p.m. at the Local 660 union hall at 1320 S. Callahan Road in Wentzville, Mo.

Operating Engineers Local 513

South East MO Area Monthly Informational Meeting: Last Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., Communication Workers Hall, 1131 N. Kingshighway, Suite 2C, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Central MO Area Monthly Informational Meeting: Last Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., Labor Temple, 209 Flora Ave, Jefferson City 65101.

Sprinkler Fitters and Apprentices Local 268

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

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.

Mary Ryder Homes Auxiliary

Fourth Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m., 4360 Olive. Contact Mary Ellen Heimann at 962-8609.

Missouri AFL-CIO Auxiliary

Any other auxiliary interested in joining the Missouri AFL-CIO Auxiliary should call President Pam Scott at 797-5278 or Secretary-Treasurer Barb Moonier at 831-4961.

RETIREE CLUBS Eastern Missouri Teamsters Retiree Council, IBT Joint Council 13 Retirees

Teamsters Joint Council 13

All meetings are held at the IBT Local 682 Union Hall, 5730 Elizabeth, St. Louis, MO.

Teamsters Local 688

Greater St. Louis CWA Retirees Club

4349 Woodson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63134

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

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

SPECIAL NOTICE: Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Local 18 October meeting will be held Oct. 8 at at 5 p.m.

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655

Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. — Monday through Friday.

Closed Saturdays and Sundays. 300 Weidman Rd., Ballwin, MO. Retirees’ Club: The UFCW Local 655 Retirees’ Club meets at The Christy Banquet Center, 5856 Christy Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63116, on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m.

Regular Quarterly Business Meetings of the Local: Effective January 1, 2020, The Regular Quarterly Business Meetings of UFCW Local 655 will be on the third Monday of February, May, August, and November at 7 p.m. The meetings are held at the Local 655 Union Hall. You can also view a live stream of our Quarterly Membership Meetings on our Facebook page, www. facebook.com/UFCW655.

UFCW Meat, Deli & Seafood Local 88

Retirees Club meetings held on second Monday at CWA Local 6300 Hall, 2258 Grissom Dr., Maryland Heights. Meeting is at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon.

The Greater St. Louis Labor Council Retirees Group is comprised of delegates from union retiree clubs and union locals. For more information, call Executive Board officers; President Ronald M. Gushleff, Sr. 314-962-4128; Vice President Dave Meinell 314604-1316; Secretary Caroline Kemper 314-913-4839; Treasurer Calvin Davis 314-488-0339.

SPECIAL NOTICE: All luncheon meetings to be held at 10:00 a.m., the third Tuesday of every other month at Machinists District 9 Hall, 12365 St. Charles Rock Road, Bridgeton, MO 63044.

IBEW Local 1 Retirees IBEW Local 1439 Retirees’ Club

Third Thursday of even numbers months, 10 a.m., Local 1439 Hall.

Operating Engineers Local 513

First Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. at the union hall, 3449 Hollenberg Dr., Bridgeton.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 Retirees

Painters District Council 58

Office: 5730 Elizabeth Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 644-6328.

Meets the first Monday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at Elks Lodge No. 9 at 12481 Ladue Road, Creve Coeur, MO 63141. For more information, call Frank Kilcullen at 314-712-5177.

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562

United Media Guild Local 36047

Plumbers Local 35 Retirees

Roofers Local 2

Utility Workers Local 335

Second Wednesday of each month, 5 p.m. at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 Training Center, 3755 Corporate Trail Dr., Earth City, MO 63045.

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.

Sheet Metal Workers Local 36

St. Louis Area Regular Monthly Meeting: Fourth Tuesday of each month, 6 p.m., Grand Hall, 2319 Chouteau Avenue, 63103 St. Louis Area Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Meeting: Third Monday of each month, 5 p.m., Grand Hall, 2319 Chouteau Avenue, 63103

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.

74 Woodstream, Moscow Mills, MO 63362

AUXILIARIES IBEW Local 1 Auxiliary

Fourth Wednesday of each month, 9 a.m. for crafts. Bring a lunch.

Meetings at IBEW Hall, 5850 Elizabeth Ave. Need new members!

Call Local 1, IBEW, 314-647-5900.

Meetings of the Plumbers Local 35 Retirees Club are at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Electricians Hall, 5850 Elizabeth Ave. Spouse and lady friends are welcome on even numbered months.

Pipecoverers Local 1 Retirees Club

The Pipecoverers Retirees Club meets at 11 a.m on the third Tuesday of each month at Elk’s Club, 12481 Ladue Rd.

Teamsters Local 688 Retirees

Meet the first Thursday of each month at 11 a.m., 4349 Woodson Rd., St. Louis, MO. 63134.

UFCW Local 655 Retirees’ Club

The Christy Banquet Center, 5856 Christy Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63116, second Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m.

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Sheet Metal Workers Local 36’s Stephen Micheal Bryan Stephen Micheal Bryan, lovingly known as “Mike” to everyone who knew him, passed away while surrounded by family BRYAN and friends on Aug. 19, 2025 at the age of 77.

Born June 6, 1948, in St. Louis, Brother Bryan lived a life defined by hard work, love and a deep devotion to family and friends. He was the husband of his high school sweetheart, Sharon (Kelly) Bryan, with whom he spent 57 years of memories, laughter and family.

He was the son of the late Eugene and Jeanette Bryan, and the cherished brother of Dennis Bryan, Patrick Bryan, and Jeannie Capriglione (Bryan). He was the proud father of Kelly (Jay) Kreikemeier, the late Jaime (Rich) Panosh, Ste-

Laborers Local 110’s Larry James Akers Larry James Akers, 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Farmington, Mo., Aug. 23, 2025. He was born Nov. 7, 1947 in AlAKERS lenton, Mo., the son of James and Edna Akers.

Brother Akers worked as a Laborer with Local 110 and as superintendent of Montgomery and Assoc. He enjoyed his dogs Ruby and Buddy, his family, gambling and watching the Kansas City Chiefs.

He is survived by his children Larry Akers Jr., James Akers, April Seeburger and Teresa Akers; his step children Kimberly Rudolph (Scott) and Richard Hunziker; his grandchildren Dylan Ross, Desirae Gawel (Jarrett) Dalotah Seeburger, Kevin Rudolph (Aileen) Gary Rudolph (Abby), Sicillya Hunziker, and Richard Hunziker II; his sisters Joan Bourn (Jim) and Dixiee Otteson; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth Akers (2023), father James Akers, mother Edna Akers, stepson Ronald Hunziker, brothers Bill Akers, Delano Akers, George Akers, and Gerald Akers, his sisters, Emma Cooper, Ruby Conway, Helen Stuart, and Delores Akers.

Services were held at Mahn Funeral Home, DeSoto Chapel, on Aug. 30, 2025 with interment at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo. Contributions may be made to the In lieu of flowers to VFW Post #1831, 1651 Veterans Dr., De Soto, Mo. 63020 or by calling 636- 586-9271.

To sign the online guest book, go to www.mahnfuneralhome.com.

phen (Anne) Bryan and Maggie (Jesse) Bahr.

Later in life his greatest joy came from being “Grandpa” to his 10 grandchildren: Alex, Max, Hayden and Cutter Kreikemeier; Joe and Morgan Nobles; Luke and Abe Bryan; and Parker and Barrett Bahr.

A dedicated, hard-working sheet metal worker, Brother Bryan was a proud member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 for over 50 years, where he was responsible for some of the largest projects in the St. Louis region. He carried himself with integrity and craftsmanship that defined him, earning the respect of his peers and leaving a lasting mark on the industry.

Beyond work, Brother Bryan loved to fish, play golf and above all, spend time with family. He also poured his heart and time into

coaching, leading his children’s youth sports teams to numerous league, county, and city championships in soccer, baseball, softball and basketball. On and off the field he was a leader, teaching lessons of teamwork, discipline and hard work that extended far beyond sports.

Brother Bryan was a real man’s man, loyal and true and a great friend to all that were lucky to know him. He leaves behind a legacy of family, love, laughter, hard work, and countless memories that will live on in the hearts of family and many friends.

A memorial service was held Aug. 31 at Kutis Funeral Home in South County. Memorial donations may be made to Mercy Hospice South’s de Greef Hospice House at mercy.net/practice/mercyhospice-south-de-greeff-hospicehouse.

Iron Workers Local 396’s Raymond David Swarts Jr. Raymond David Swarts passed away Aug. 19, 2025 at age 80.

Brother Swarts was a lifelong member of Ironworkers SWARTS Local Union 396, where he dedicated his career to building the structures that shaped our community, such as Busch Stadium, St. Louis Convention Center, Monsanto Queeny Plant, Anheuser Busch Brewery along with many more. Ray’s strong work ethic, craftsmanship and commitment to his union brothers and sisters left a legacy in the trade he so deeply respected.

Ray will be remembered not only for his skill and dedication as an ironworker, but also for his love of the outdoors, fishing, hunting, cars and watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball. Ray was a casino af icionado and storyteller extraordinaire with a tremendous sense of humor. His devotion to his family and friends was unprecedented.

He was the loving father of

Theresa (Collin) Krill, Tracy (Tom) Poole and Gregg (Jen) Swarts; beloved grandfather of Gregg Swarts Jr. and Jaidyn Swarts; great grandfather of Aubree Carlstrom; dearest brother of Carl (Daisy) Swarts, Russell (Janice) Swarts and JoAnn (Tommy) Oster. Later in life, Ray was blessed to rekindle a cherished companionship with Toni Royer, who brought him joy in his youth as well as his later years. He was also a dear uncle, cousin and friend.

Brother Swarts was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond Swarts Sr. and Agnes Swarts (nee Hagedorn); wife, Rebecca Swarts (nee DeBerry); son, Rick Hudelson; granddaughter Rebecca Benthal; nephew, David Swarts; and his dog Tanner, his faithful and constant companion.

A funeral service was held Aug. 23 at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory in Ballwin. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Principal Wellness Caregivers, 2010 Missouri Ave., Crystal City, Mo. 63019.

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Golf fundraiser From page 1 the War On Terror began in 2001, there have been 150,000 deaths by suicide among veterans.

“The construction industry is in a unique position to help” said Local 42 President Matt Andrews, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

“We are facing a substantial labor shortage on the horizon, and veterans are facing a loss of purpose and sense of belonging.

“Veterans are a severely underutilized group of individuals that are task oriented, loyal and take

pride in their work,” said Andrews.

“By recruiting and hiring veterans into the ranks of the trades we as an industry both help ourselves and offer veterans a chance at purpose. Hopefully we can reduce the amount of veteran suicide by simply giving them a place to belong.”

PARTICIPATING CONTRACTORS AND SPONSORS Contractors and other organizations sponsoring this year’s

fundraiser included: ABOC, Acme Fireproofing, ACR Environmental, Advanced Environmental, Aetna, AGC of St. Louis, Anders CPAs and Advisors, Anthem, Archview Contracting, ARCO Construction Co. Inc., Bates Utilities, Bombshell, Bricklayers Local 1, Cavanaugh & O’Hara, Clayco/Concrete Strategies, Collins & Hemman Inc., Commerce Bank, D.L. Carlson Investment Group, Downstate Illinois Laborers District Council, Fred M. Luth & Sons Inc., Grant Contracting Company, Hammond & Shinners, Harnett

Reyes-Jones LLC, Hayden Wrecking, Heat & Frost Insulators Local 1, Holland Construction, Iron Workers Local 396, JDS Masonry Inc., Kozeny-Wagner, Labor First, and Laborers Locals 100, 1290, 264,397, 660, 663, 773, 830 and 840.

Other sponsors included: LiUNA Midwest Region, Lizmark, Machinists District 9, Marquette Associates, Mason Contractors Association, McCarthy Building Companies, Mesirow Financial, Midwest Service Group, Millstone Bangert, the Missouri AFL-CIO, Missouri Kansas Laborers District

Council (MKLDC), Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), O’Brien Law Firm, Painters District Council 58, Paric Inc., Plocher Construction Co., Pugsley Services, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, Show Me Victories, Spectrum Alloy, Spirtas Wrecking, St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council, St. Louis City Labor Club, Tarlton Corporation, The Laborers’ Car Foundation, The Segal Co. ULLICO, VSP and Wellington Environmental.

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Golf

green fees, a cart, lunch and dinner and skins and mulligans. Tee sign sponsorships are $200. The four-man scramble also includes cash prizes, closest to the hole and a 50/50 drawing. Make checks payable to 101 Club and mail to the Plumbers & Pipefitters union hall at 8 Premiere Drive, Belleville, Ill. 62220. For more information, call 618-234-5504.

$600 per team includes green fees, cart, skins, mulligans, lunch and dinner. Four-person scramble, limited to first 36 teams. Prizes will be awarded for flights, longest drive, and closest to the hole. Sponsorships range from $150 to $2,200 (all include sign recognition, select packages includes one to three foursomes. For information on sponsorships or other questions, contact Failona Collins 636-9393300 or email Failona.collins@ unitedwaystl.org. Make checks payable to United Way of Greater St. Louis and mail to United Way of Greater St. Louis, Attn: Failona Collins, 910 N. 11th Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63101. To register online, visit: HELPINGPEOPLE.ORG/GOLFWEST2025.

Oct. 9 – United Way of Greater St. Louis West Region 2nd Annual Golf Tournament will take place at the Bear Creek Golf Club in Wentzville, Mo. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.

Entry fee of $150 per person or

Oct. 11 – Elevator Constructors Local 3’s 17th Annual Charity Golf Tournament benefiting Foster Together with begin with an 8 a.m. registration and 9 a.m. shotgun start at Florissant Golf Club, 50 Country Club

Tournaments Coming to Your Area

Union and worker-friendly golf tournaments Area unions and union-friendly organizations are hosting the following fundraising and charity golf tournaments. To have your tournament listed, contact Editor-in-Chief Tim Rowden a tim@labortribune.com, or mail your information to Labor Tribune, 301 S. Ewing Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63103.

Oct. 3 – Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 101 Annual Golf Tournament begins with a 7 a.m. registration and an 8 a.m. shot gun start at the Orchards Golf Club, 1499 Golf Course Drive in Belleville.

The entry fee is $120 per golfer or $480 per team and includes

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Lane Florissant, Mo. 63033. Entry fee of $100 covers golf, drink tickets, lunch, buffet dinner and attendance prizes. Hole sponsorships are $150.

Dinner only tickets are $25. Make checks payable to I.U.E.C. Local 3 Charity Fund, c/o Elevator Constructors Local 3, 5916 Wilson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110. For more information, call Brent Lane at 636-288-5018.

Oct. 18 – CWA Local 6300 Golf Tournament to benefit The BackStoppers will be held at Old Florissant Golf Club, 50 Country Club Lane, Florissant, Mo. 63033 beginning with 8 a.m. registration and a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Entry fee is $500 per team.

Hole sponsorships are $150. Tournament sponsorships are $1,000. All other donations are welcome and tax deductible. Make checks payable to CWA Local 6300 or BackStoppers.

Donations and sponsorships should be directed to Joe Klenc at CWA 6300, 2258 Grisson Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63146. For more information, contact Joe at 314-825-8801 or email

jklenc@cwa6300.org.

Oct. 20 – UFCW Local 655 Joe Pretti Memorial Golf Tournament benefiting the UFCW Fund will begin with registration at 8 a.m., breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and a 10 a.m. shotgun start at Sunset Country Club, 9555 South Geyer Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63127. Entry fee is $200 per golfer, or $800 for a four-person team.

Hole sponsorships are $400. Dinner only tickets are $50. Contributions are also accepted. Other sponsorships range from $1,200 to $7,000. Prizes will be awarded in three flights, plus a Hole-In-One contest sponsored by Bommarito Chevrolet. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and open bar during dinner. Make Checks payable to UFCW 655, 300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, Mo. 63011. For more information, contact tournament coordinators Prudence LaFerne at 636-893-2721 or email plaferney@ ufcw655.org, or David Williams at 636-891-4934 or email dwilliams@ ufcw655.org.

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Calendar of Events OCTOBER Oct. 2 – Petition Training, hosted by Missouri Sen. Doug Beck (D-Affton) and the Missouri Senate Democrats, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Operating Engineers Local 148 at 11000 Lin Valle Drive in St. Louis County. Attendees will be able to sign the referendum petition and learn how to gather signatures to stop Missouri’s gerrymandered Congressional Maps.

Oct. 3 – Missouri Women in Trades Blue Collar/Black Tie Awards Gala, honoring and celebrating women in the trades, will be held at the LIUNA Event Center, 4532 S. Lindbergh Blvd. in Sunset Hills. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the evening will include dinner, drinks and raffles Tickets for the event are $85 per person or $680 for a table of eight. Tickets for apprentices are $60. Sponsorships are available at mowit.org/galasponsorships.

Oct. 4 – IBEW Local 1455 Chris Eisle/Mike Datillo Memorial Trivia Night to benefit the American Cancer Society at Local 1455 Union Hall, 2121 59th Street, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Trivia starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person.

Tables of eight to 10 are available.

Individual and small groups are welcome. Beer, water and soda are provided. Bring your own snacks.

Make checks payable to IBEW Local 1455 and bring the night of the event.

RSVP by Sept. 12 to President@ ibewlocal1455.org.

Oct. 5 – UAW Local 2250 Fall Bazaar, hosted by the Local 2250 Women’s committee, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the union hall, located at 1395 East Pearce Blvd. in Wentzville.

There are 50 tables available inside the hall. One table and two chairs is $25, and one table and chairs and electric is $35. Outdoor spaces are also available for $15 for those who want to bring their own table and

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chairs. For more information, call Chrissy Wells or Elaine Brenson at 636-327-5796.

Oct. 16 – Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT) Meetup for tradeswomen and women interested in joining the building trades, 4 to 6 p.m. at the AGC Training Center, 6301 Knox Industrial Ave. in St. Louis. RSVPs are required and food will be provided. Register at mowit.org or call 636-926-6948.

Oct. 16 – St. Louis Faith Labor Alliance Breakfast, hosted by Missouri Jobs with Justice (MOJWJ), will be held at the Painters District Council 58 union hall at 2501 59th St. in St. Louis from 7:30 to 9 a.m. For more information, contact The Rev. Teresa Danieley, of MOJWJ, at teresa@mojwj.org or call her at 314-503-7415. To register, visit mojwj.org/action/join-a-st-louis-faith-labor-alliance-breakfast.

Oct. 18 – IBEW Local 1 Sporting Clays Shoot, benefitting the Local 1 Relief Committee, begins at 9 a.m. at St. Louis Skeet & Trap Club,

18554 Frankin Road in Pacific. The cost is $70 per person. There is a maximum of five to six shooters per team with at least one active or retired Local 1 member required.

Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Firearms must be 12- or 20-guage shotguns only.

Rentals and shells are available on site. Please make checks payable to IBEW Local 1 and mail by Oct. 10 to IBEW Clay Shoot, Attn. Paul Reinheimer, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110.

NOVEMBER Nov. 1 – IBEW Local 1439 80th Anniversary Celebration, which includes dinner, drinks and live music, will be held at IBEW Local 1 union hall at 5850 Elizabeth Ave. in St. Louis.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and tickets are $25 per person. For more information or to RSVP, call the union hall at 314-644-6111.

Nov. 20 – Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT) Meetup for tradeswomen and women interested in joining the building trades, 4 to 6 p.m. at the AGC Training Center, 6301 Knox Industrial Ave.

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in St. Louis. RSVPs are required and food will be provided. Register at mowit.org or call 636-926-6948.

Nov. 20 – St. Louis Faith Labor Alliance Breakfast, hosted by Missouri Jobs with Justice (MOJWJ), will be held at the Painters District Council 58 union hall at 2501 59th St. in St. Louis from 7:30 to 9 a.m. For more information, contact The Rev. Teresa Danieley, of MOJWJ, at teresa@ mojwj.org or call her at 314-5037415. To register, visit mojwj. org/action/join-a-st-louis-faithlabor-alliance-breakfast.

Nov. 22 – UAW Local 2250 Christmas Pop-up Shop will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Local 2250 union hall at 1395 East Pearce Blvd. Vendors are $40 per spot, and food trucks are $50 per spot. Reserve your space by Nov. 7, and payment is due by Nov. 14. To reserve your spot or for more information, call Walter James at 314-330-3705.

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Teamsters Local 688’s Tom Brotherton retires after 43 years

BEST WISHES to Teamsters Local 688’s Tom Brotherton (right), who has retired after 43 years at UPS. Celebrating the occasion with Brother Brotherton is Local 688 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Tongay. “Thank you, Tom, for more than four decades of commitment to your coworkers, your union and the Labor Movement,” the union shared on social media. “We wish you a long, happy, and healthy retirement. You have earned it!”

– Teamsters Local 688 photo

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Retirees urged to join Labor Council Group The St. Louis Labor Council Retirees Group is urging union retirees to join.

Why should retired union members join retiree clubs?

They have the luxury of time.

Being retired, they have the time to participate in important issues. They can attend meetings and get involved in activities. And they can make a vital difference in the Labor Movement.

A recent example: Activists from across the state attended a mass rally in Jefferson City to protest ac-

tions by the Missouri legislature to protest the legislature’s redrawing congressional maps and making it almost impossible for citizens to amend their own constitution.

Union retirees attended that protest — and made their voices heard. Most union workers could not attend the protest because they were working.

Thus, retirees can pinch-hit for their working brothers and sisters.

They can attend protests, report on meetings and activities and perform

other vital duties.

One retiree club looking for active members is the Greater St. Louis Labor Council’s Retirees Group.

The group is trying to recruit union retirees who are sharp, active and not afraid to do what it takes to promote the Labor Movement.

For information on joining the Labor Council Retirees Group, call President Ron Gushloff at 314-9624128, Vice President Dave Meinell at 314-604-1316 or Secretary Caroline Kemper at 314-913-4839.

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Teamsters Local 688’s Paul Christian retires after 32 years

IBEW Local 309 honors longtime members with service awards

COLLINSVILLE, IL – IBEW Local 309 recently honored its longtime members with service awards at the Local 309 union hall here. The honorees included (front row from left) Lynn Falcon, 40 years; Todd Hack, 40 years; Rick Stern, 35 years; David Kokotovich, 35 years; Tom Moore, 30 years; Tim Meyer, 30 years; Joe Zagorski, 25 years; Casey King, 20 years; Joel Slack, 10 years; Matt Koeninger, 10 years; Andy Rector, 10 years; Tom Coats, 25 years; Ryan Singler, 25 years; Dustin Trankle, 25 years; and TJ Trettenero, 25 years, and (back row from left) Greg Pfeffer, 35 years; Scott Dreste, 35 years; and Keith Schubel, 35 years. – IBEW Local 309 photo

CONGRATULATIONS to Teamsters Local 688’s Paul Christian (left) on his retirement after 32 years of service at Sikeston UPS. Brother Christian is shown with Local 688 Business Agent Scott Barrett. “Thank you for your dedication to Teamsters Local 688,” the union shared on social media. “We wish you all the best in your next chapter!”

– Teamsters Local 688 photo

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Teamsters Local 600’s Mike Stringer retires CONGRATULATIONS to Teamsters Local 600’s Mike Stringer (second from left) on his retirement.Teamsters Local 600 Golden Age Retirees Club Executive Board celebrated and congratulated Brother Stringer on retirement gathering Sept. 6.

Brother Stringer has been a loyal, dedicated supporter of Local 600 H.O.P.E. members and families in need. He is also a member of Teamsters Horsemen Chapter 13 Motorcycle Club, participating in their many charitable events and fundraisers for members and families in need. Local 600 Retirees Club welcomed Brother Stringer to the Teamsters Retirees Club.

All retirees are welcome! Celebrating with Stringer are (from left) Executive Board present Ronald M. Gushleff, Sr., (Stringer), Frank Wieczorek, Rich Pickering.

– Photo courtesy of Ronald M. Gushleff, Sr.

IMPERIAL, MO – A comedy night featuring 105.7 FM’s Rafe Williams was a roaring success here at the Meramec Elks Lodge at 1515 Miller Road Sept. 20. The event benefitted the Main Event Charitable Organization in Jefferson County, which was founded years ago by members of the Jefferson County Labor Club as a way to give back to the local community.

– Main Event Charitable Organization photo

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Boeing From page 1 noted that IAM leadership had recommended approval of previous contracts.

‘DEMOCRACY’ “At the heart of this fight is union democracy,” said Bennett, who has been negotiating aerospace contracts for the Machinists for over 20 years. “Our members are the ones who decide their future, not me as the negotiator, not other IAM Union leadership, not anyone else.

“I remember when IAM Dis-

trict 751 and W24 (in the Pacific Northwest) rejected Boeing contract offers recommended by IAM leadership,” he said. “District 751 and W24 members ended up with a 43.65 percent wage increase over the contract’s life, a $12,000 ratification bonus and a 401(k) employer match of 100 percent up to eight percent.

‘MEMBERS WILL DECIDE’ “The members voted to reject Boeing’s offer three times. They voted to strike. And our members

will decide when the terms are right to return; that’s what it means to be in a union. That’s what it means to have a voice.”

Boeing’s last offer was a five-year contract that would have provided for a 24 percent general wage increase – eight percent in the first year and four percent in subsequent years. Employees who are at the maximum pay rate would receive a five percent lump sum in years two and four. That contract also included a $4,000 signing bonus.

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Operating Engineers Local 513 celebrates member service awards Bridgeton, MO – Operating Engineers Local 513 honored its veteran members with service awards during a presentation here

Sept. 12 at its union hall at 3449 Hollenberg Drive, where four members celebrated 70 years with the union.

– Operating Engineers Local 513 photos

70-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) James Stahlman, Donald Jeffery, Frank Kramer and Gerald Kovach Sr. were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

60-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Anthony Aholt Jr., Lowell Bowling, David Busch, Frederick Clift, Chester Crider, John Froese, Theadore Huber, Myron Norton and Joseph Smith are recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

65-YEAR MEMBER Richard Drewes (center) is recognized by Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff (left) and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

55-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) William Faltemier, Michael Stawizynski, Robert Stege and Joe Ziegler Jr. were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

50-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Richard Amick, David Arthur, Joseph Johnson, Steven Mooney, James Price and Dennis Schalk were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

35-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Donald Hoffee and Charles Williams were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

45-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Dale Bast, Gary Behlmann, Bill Blanke, James Johnson, John Kuehl, Thomas McLaughlin Jr., Tom Sebelski, Floyd Strothcamp III, Wayne Verslues and Ray Wampler were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

40-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) David Calvin, Gary Cannon, Mitzi Chervenka, John Femmer, Kevin Lashley, Donald Marshall, Daniel McNamee Jr., Raymond Reininger, Walter Schneider and Carl Word were recognized by (back row from left) Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe.

30-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Travis Arthur, John Bayer, Christopher Burris, Keith Collier, Darius Dalton, Douglas Dockler, Paul Eaton, and Stephen Farrar and (back row from second to left) John Graeler, William Hartsfield, Corby Helton, Bill Kaempfe Jr., Gene Novak, Heather Novak, Robert Pauls Jr., Todd Sanderson, Randy Tautphaeus and Eric Tepen were recognized by Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff (back row left) and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe (back row right).

25-YEAR MEMBERS (front row from left) Matthew Buckner, Kevin Cole, Westley Dent, Emmit Edwards, Joel George, William Grose, David Horwitz, Bradley Lefarth, Andrew Little, Dawn Mencin, Richard MacBain and Garrett Moll and (back row from second to left) Stephen Orlando Jr., Michael Prichard, Owen Pursley, Lauralee Rockwell, Dave Sisson, Jeffrey Strothkamp, Gordon Wampler, William Wasielewski, Joe Weber, Lloyd Winter and Timothy Wolk were recognized by Local 513 President/Business Manager Brian Graff (back row left) and Local 513 Vice President Matt Enloe (back row right).

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News & Activities JASON TETIDRICK

DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS

Machinists Building, 12365 St. Charles Rock Road, Bridgeton, MO 63044 Telephone (314) 739-6200; E-mail address: district9@district9.org FAX number (314) 739-1342 OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

ALTON AREA HEADQUARTERS Machinists Center, 159 Shamrock St., East Alton, IL 62024 Telephone (618) 259-7011; FAX number (618) 259-9401 OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Directing Business Representative

AFFILIATED LOCAL LODGES

• Progressive Lodge 41 • Automotive Lodge 777 • Bluff City Lodge 660 • Tool and Die Makers Lodge 688 • Quincy Lodge 822 • Production Workers Lodge 1345 • Metro East Automotive Lodge 313 • Warrenton Lodge 1745 • West Plains Lodge 2782 • Springfield (Ill.) Lodge 1815

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Assistant Directing Business Representative See IAM District 9 Official Notices on page 5

Machinists Local 313 makes strong showing in Belleville Labor Day Parade

BELLEVILLE, IL – Machinists Local 313 active and retired members and their families and friends showed up in force to represent the union in the Belleville Labor Day Parade on Sept. 1. The parade route stepped off at West Monroe Street, continued onto Highway 159 and then headed toward West C Street and Hough Park.

– Machinists Local 313 photo

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District 9 Machinists Union and affiliated Locals want to thank you for your contributions to preserving our freedom and building a Country where we are not afraid to we are District 9 Machinists Union and affiliated Locals want to thanksay you forUnion. your contributions to preserving our freedom and building a Country where are This year onwe Saturday, November 1st, District 9 will be hosting a brunch beginning not afraid to say we are Union. at 10:00 a.m. at the Machinists Hall to recognize you for your services to our Country

and to our Union. The program will include a hot buffet brunch, followed by a brief

program and a special recognition of our Veterans and Active Military.

This year on Saturday, November 2nd, District 9 will be hosting a brunch beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Machinists Hall to recognize you for your We are hopingservices that you and up to one guest take the time to attend this event and allow buffet District 9brunch, to show you our appreciation. to our Country and to our Union. The program will include a hot followed by a brief program and a special recognition of our Veterans andthe Active Please return registration form below no later than: Military.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to secure your reservation and special recognition.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18, 2025

Yes, I will attend the Veterans Recognition Program on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at We are hoping that you and up to one guest take the time to attend this event 10:00 a.m. and allow District 9 to show you, our appreciation.

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