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Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 volunteers make sure Heat’s On for retirees Page 3
CBTU honors champions of civil rights, voter protection at its 38th Annual Ernest and De Verne Calloway Awards Attendees urged to vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment 6, ‘No’ on Prop. A By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief
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St. Louis – The CBTU St. Louis Chapter honored Denise Lieberman, general counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition and Chapter Vice President Jay Ozier Saturday night. The Oct. 24 celebration at the Marriott Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis was also an entreaty to
vote in the Nov. 3 election with the encouragement to vote “Yes” on Amendment 6 to protect the initiative petition process and “No” on Prop. A to reject the gerrymandered congressional maps created by Republican legislators, “No” on Amendment 3 to protect bodily autonomy, and “No” on all the other deceptive amendments on the ballot. In other words, vote “Yes on 6” and “No” on the rest. Everett Kelly, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, and a member
CBTU ST. LOUIS CHAPTER Vice President Jay Ozier (seated) and Denise Lieberman, director and general counsel of the of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, were honored Oct. 24 with the CBTU’s Ernest and De Verne Calloway Awards. – Labor Tribune photo
of the International CBTU Executive Council, provided the keynote address, and came to town early to
help union volunteers canvass for Amendment 6. See CBTU page 7
Last-minute volunteers needed to canvas, phone bank in support of Amendment 6 By SHERI GASSAWAY Missouri Correspondent
Glaziers Local 513 donates $18.5K to Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Page 10
Mother Jones remembered at Miners’ Day celebration Page 11
Election endorsements Page 12
The Missouri AFL-CIO is calling for last-minute volunteers to canvas and phone bank in support of Amendment 6 to strengthen the state’s initiative petition process and make it harder for legislators to overturn the will of voters. Missouri AFL-CIO President Jake Hummel said the federation has had an outpouring of support from all the different unions. He specifically mentioned IBEW Local 1, Machinists, Postal workers, Bricklayers, Sheet Metal workers, Service Employees (SEIU) and Laborers – all of which have provided relief staff to the campaign.
LAST-MINUTE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – The Missouri AFL-CIO is calling for last-minute volunteers to canvas and phone bank in support of Amendment 6, which would strengthen the state’s initiative petition process. – Bricklayers and Allied Crafts (BAC) Administrative District Council (ADC) photo
‘A LOT OF DOORS STILL LEFT TO KNOCK’ “They have been turning people out this whole time, and we appreci-
ate it,” Hummel said. “We’ve got a lot of doors still left to knock and a lot of calls we still need to make in the next few days, so I’m encourag-
ing all of our unions to push to get some folks to go out to help us. “If we turn our folks out, we can win this thing and make sure that so-called ‘right-to-work’ is dead in Missouri.” Amendment 6 would establish additional restrictions on legislative changes to voter-approved initiatives and require ballot summaries to meet standards including fairness and impartiality. It also states that legislative changes to voter-approved initiatives would generally require approval from 80 percent of both chambers before it would go back to the ballot. In recent years, Republican legSee AMENDMENT 6 page 10
Teamsters Union calls for federal mediator in Alton public works employees’ strike By ELIZABETH DONALD Illinois Correspondent Alton, IL – The Alton public works employees’ strike may go on for some time, according to union leaders calling for federal mediation. Jay Steinhauer, business agent for Teamsters Local 525, said that the union has met with some city officials and the outside attorney hired to conduct negotiations. But he said the city council will not meet with them, and the attorney has strict parameters in what he can do, which did not include a new
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offer from the city. “It just doesn’t seem logical to create billable hours (for the attorney) for nothing,” he told the Alton Telegraph. “We want to take a stance for the residents of Alton… I don’t know that you would even call this negotiation at this point. It’s something we want to consider, to really ask ourselves if the city is negotiating in good faith.” Steinhauer also said that talks hit “a major roadblock” when the city’s negotiating attorney announced that they will not offer See ALTON PUBLIC WORKS page 10
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Why the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire By CHRISTOPHER MILLER With Election Day 2026 next week and control of Congress hanging in the balance, the results will almost certainly hinge on voter turnout, just as they did in 2024. Given that genuinely undecided voters are scarce — as little as five percent to seven percent of the electorate, according to major polls — both Democrats and Republicans must look to mobilize their rank-and-file supporters. To do so, the Republican Party has bet strongly this year on a strategy of convincing people that voter fraud is rampant. As a scholar of U.S. politics, I see this as a high-risk strategy for Republican candidates and American democracy. That’s because reduced trust in election integrity can reduce motivation to vote – even if based on flawed information. But it’s not at all clear which Americans are most likely to stay home in November.
VOTER FRAUD VS. REALITY Voter fraud is not a real problem in the United States. Study after study, by public officials and think tanks, has shown that voting by noncitizens and other ineligible voters happens only at minuscule, statistically insignificant levels. Nonetheless, rhetoric from the Trump administration about voter fraud has been pervasive. Consider the recent claim by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that Nevada had nearly 16,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls – a number reduced to 185 when state authorities pressed for details, and reduced to zero when the state investigated the names provided. There is comparable behavior from Congress. My own research on political communication has shown that a substantial number of members of Congress, strongly skewing Republican, make frequent use of rhetoric that undermines democratic norms and delegitimizes political institutions. The strategy ties readily into President Donald Trump’s persistent false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election. It also ties into his administration’s strongly antiimmigrant agenda, which spreads fear of noncitizens corrupting U.S. politics. How does this uncertain political environment influence voters? There is clear data showing that voter confidence in elections has fallen across party lines: Only 65 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independent voters are very or somewhat confident that the 2026 vote count will be reliable. Conventional wisdom suggests such discouraging numbers would depress turnout. It’s not as simple as that, however.
WHAT MOTIVATES VOTERS Extensive research confirms the axiom that a sense of civic duty is the strongest predictor of whether someone will vote. It supersedes trust, partisanship and policy preferences. Any campaign’s quest to mobilize additional voters, therefore, must find them among citizens without a strong sense of civic duty. But among these people, diminished trust in democratic processes can play out in counterintuitive ways. Recent research on German voters is relevant to the U.S.: It shows that among more passive voters – those following cues from political elites – reduced trust in elections can depress motivation to vote. That’s because there’s no trustworthy result that voters are seeking to affirm. Conversely, among voters with greater skepticism about elite messaging, reduced trust can motivate increased turnout as an attempted corrective for a flawed system. What does this mean for potential voters in the U.S.? Among Republicans, it appears
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is harming people and how they’re responding By KRISTEN CROWELL
Over the past 15 months, I’ve traveled to 22 states and participated in more than 100 events with people living with the consequences of what Congress called the “One CROWELL Big Beautiful Bill” — and that the party’s strategy carries a strong risk many of the people we meet call the “One of backlash. Big Ugly Law.” Findings from MIT’s Election Lab confirm That law deeply slashed programs like that cues from political elites are a powerful SNAP and Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the factor in voter behavior. Specifically, cues wealthy, along with record high budgets for setting expectations of a disappointing or ICE and the Pentagon. untrustworthy result will reduce motivation. We started in April 2025 with town halls in Why vote if you don’t expect it to help achieve Warren, Mich. and Racine, Wis., before the the desired result? bill passed. In Warren, I met Steph, who runs The same study finds Republican voters a local food pantry. She was already strugbroadly inclined to believe GOP leaders’ cues gling to keep up with demand and worried about voter fraud and to frame their expectaabout what would happen if families lost tions accordingly. And once they’ve made more support. that shift, they cling firmly to the belief, even When we returned to Warren this summer, in the face of contrary empirical evidence or Steph was helping organize a community messaging from within the party. resource fair distributing food, diapers, clothIn the current election cycle, 50 percent of ing, and other necessities to families trying Republicans surveyed distrust mail-in voting, to stay afloat as the law’s cuts take effect. and 51 percent fear voting by noncitizens. I think about Janice in Iowa, too (Some They expect election results to be fraudulent. names in this story have been This likely won’t mobilize them, as there’s no changed to protect individuals’ positive result they can expect to affirm. The privacy). She joined one of our Republican Party’s messagrallies in Washington in 2025 ing has painted its voters and, with a shaking voice, into a corner. told hundreds of people Democrats, meanwhile, about her son’s medical are less inclined to believe needs and what Medicaid claims of voter fraud. But meant to their family. they are more inclined to be Later that year, her son concerned about attempts Views from Near and Far died. When we returned to to undermine the midterms Iowa this year, Janice came by political elites making such claims. Exback too. She was still fighting for Medicaid amples include the Trump administration’s — not for her own son anymore, but for other efforts to sow doubt about voting by mail and people’s children. about alleged noncitizen voting. In Colorado, we met Genesis, whose These efforts increase motivation to vote children rely on Medicaid, including her among Democrats. Unlike GOP voters, they three-year-old battling a brain tumor. Her see the capacity to correct for the system’s family also relies on SNAP. She’s struggling vulnerabilities – the potential and urgency to afford food and gas and must stretch her to overwhelm attempts at voter suppression very meager budget in impossible ways. through higher turnout. You can measure the damage in spreadsheets. But numbers can’t tell you what it TRUTH AND TRUST feels like to sit across from a parent trying to Opponents of Trump and the GOP may find figure out how to care for a sick child. these diverging effects encouraging. No matAs I traveled, I saw people trying to patch ter the results this November, however, we’re holes that shouldn’t be there in the first place. left with a precarious dynamic. Increasing numbers of voters lack trust in elections and make their decisions to vote – or not – based on limited or flawed information. Fortunately, there are signs of hope. Although voters in general are poorly informed about how elections are conducted, they can and do respond to clear information familiarizing them with election processes. I’ve seen this myself over the years, working with nonpartisan efforts to register young adults and train them as poll watchers. And in the current election cycle, there have been widespread efforts to broaden public awareness about the fact that state officials, not federal ones, have authority over voter rolls and election security. Meanwhile, fewer Americans are expected to vote by mail this year – whether due to fear of fraud or fear of the Post Office. If they instead vote in person, a silver lining is that positive personal experiences with poll workers are also associated with increased voter trust. Looking beyond November, what Americans can hope for is a cycle in which clear election outcomes provide an opportunity to inform voters of how and why the system works. That’s the way to motivate more political engagement and voter turnout in the future. (Christopher Miller is a visiting assistant professor of philosophy, politics, economics, and law (PPEL) at the University of Richmond. Reprinted from The Conversation.)
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Schools are opening food pantries for their students. Neighbors are bringing groceries to families when they don’t have much to spare themselves. Health care providers are stretching resources as far as they can. Signal chats connect scared immigrant families with people who can bring food or give someone a ride.
THE VERY RICH VS. EVERYONE ELSE But strangely enough, this has made me more hopeful. It’s also convinced me that Washington is misreading the politics of this moment. We still sort Americans into familiar categories: Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, urban or rural. But that’s now how most of the people I meet talk about what’s happening. They talk about working harder and still falling behind. Hospitals closing. Groceries getting more expensive. I increasingly believe the divide shaping our politics isn’t simply left versus right. It’s the very rich versus everyone else. People aren’t asking politicians to make their decline a little more manageable. They want to take their kid to the doctor and put food on the table. They want good schools and housing they can afford. They want billionaires and corporations to play by the same rules they do. And they want their government to fight for them, too. None of this is radical. What’s radical is telling people in the richest country in the world that we can’t afford these things — while handing more tax breaks to people who already have more than they could spend in a lifetime. I don’t know exactly where this leads. But I know it’s bigger than one election. Over the last 15 months, I’ve watched people without enough food share what they have. I’ve watched parents carrying unimaginable grief fight for other people’s children. I’ve watched people with every reason to give up keep showing up for one another. Politicians may have overestimated how much pain people could absorb. They may also be underestimating what happens when people who’ve been taking care of one another decide to fight for one another, too. (Kristen Crowell is the executive director of Families Over Billionaires. Reprinted from OtherWords.org.)
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Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 volunteers make sure Heat’s On for retirees By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief The weather is mild, but winter is coming, and volunteers from Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 are making sure retirees’ homes are ready. Some 200 journeymen and apprentice volunteers gathered at Local 562’s Earth City, Fulton and Hannibal locations on Oct. 17 before fanning out to check retirees’ furnaces and smoke detectors to make certain they’re working and ready for the cold months ahead as part of the union’s annual Heat’s On event. “We’re visiting the homes of 47 retirees today, 17 of which are in Fulton and Hannibal,” said Local 562 Business Manager Billy Doherty. “We do this because we want to give back to our retirees who paved the way for us. We wouldn’t be here without our retirees, and we want to give back to them.” Local 562 has conducted the annual event for nearly 40 years in cooperation with the Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Missouri, whose member contractors supply the work vans. This year’s sponsors in the St. Louis area included United Refrigeration, which provided all the supplies and Crane, Harnett Reyes Jones, and PBIRx which provided raffle items for volunteers, and Anders CPA, which provided breakfast. In the Hannibal/Fulton area,
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 562 Business Manager Billy Doherty thanks volunteers for turning out. – Labor Tribune photo
SOME 200 VOLUNTEERS turned out in Earth City, Hannibal and Fulton Oct. 17 for Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562’s annual Heat’s On event on Oct. 17. – Abbie Feldt Local 562 photo
sponsors included Walsh Insulation, Brauer Supply, which provided furnace filters, and Budrovich Crane Rental, which donated batteries and giveaway items.
SAVING LIVES This year’s guest speaker, St. Louis County Assessor and candidate for county executive Jake Zimmerman told members they never know when the work they do might save a life. “One of you has saved a life,” Zimmerman said. “Nobody knows who it is, and you’ll never know. “Nobody knows whose house didn’t burn down. Nobody knows
APPRENTICE CULLEN CLIFFORD checks the readiness of the furnace at retiree Richard Croft’s home. – Labor Tribune photo
what kids still have their grandma and grandpa. Nobody knows what tragedy was prevented because of what you’re doing. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do, giving up your Saturday, and the work you do all year.”
VISITING WITH RETIREES A happy side note of the day of volunteerism is the opportunity to visit with retirees. Journeyman Pipefitter Shawn Ketcherside and fourth-year apprentice Cullen Clifford visited the home of Richard Croft, 80, a retired Local 562 plumber living in south St. Louis County, who immediately started
JOURNEYMAN S H AW N KETCHERSIDE checks a smoke detector at retiree Richard Croft’s home. – Labor Tribune photo
sharing jokes about the differences between plumbers and pipefitters. They gave as good as they got, sharing stories with Croft about the things they’ve encountered on the job. “It’s a great thing to do for the retirees,” Ketcherside said, noting he has participated every year since he became a pipefitter, some 25 years ago. “When I first started, it was community service for everybody. We were going to the homes of some of the less fortunate. It’s just a good thing to do.” The program has changed some over the years, but the goals are the same, keeping homes safe and warm for the winter. At Croft’s home, they
discovered a blown wet switch on his upstairs furnace and marked it for needing replacement. “I like doing it, for the simplicity of it,” Ketcherside said. “I like coming in, see how the gas is running. It’s always nice to go in and have a conversation with somebody and make sure they don’t need food or anything.”
SWAPPING STORIES: Local 562 Journeyman Shawn Ketcherside (left) and retired Local 562 plumber Richard Croft share stories from the field during a visit to Croft’s home during Local 562’s Heat’s On program. – Labor Tribune photo
Local 562 volunteers in Fulton, Mo.
LOCAL 562 VOLUNTEERS at the Fulton Training Center. – Pat Shulte and Local 562 photos
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Jefferson County Labor Club recommends a YES vote on Prop H for Hillsboro schools By SHERI GASSAWAY Missouri Correspondent Hillsboro, MO – The Jefferson County Labor Club is recommending a YES vote on Proposition H in the Hillsboro School District. Proposition H is a proposed $1.39 operating tax levy increase per $100 of assessed valuation in the district to support a long-term facilities plan to construct and enhance several buildings throughout the district. On a home with an assessed total of $100,000 the increase would cost an extra $245.65 a year in property taxes. Revenue generated by the tax levy would be used for general operating purposes and for identified facility, safety, instructional and infrastructure projects throughout the district. The funds will also be used to help offset the state shortfalls from fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Hillsboro R-3 faces an estimated $1,458,412 shortfall in fiscal year 2027 compared with
full state funding. Jefferson County school districts collectively face approximately $11 million in estimated losses this school year.
‘KEEPING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE’ Specific improvements include a secure entrance at Hillsboro High School, security cameras and secured doors, playground and ADA improvements, road and traffic improvements, athletic and fine arts facilities, new high school fine arts classrooms and a career and technical education facility at Bridle Ridge. “It’s not merely a request for a tax levy,” said Hillsboro Superintendent Jon Isaacson. “The future of Hillsboro R-3 is about more than buildings. It’s about keeping students and staff safe, protecting the schools our community has invested in and making sure Hillsboro remains a place where families want to live, learn and grow. Proposition H is about
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protecting what we value today while preparing our schools and our community for what comes next.”
FACILITIES OVERVIEW An overview of Hillsboro R-3’s current facilities began with an assessmentconductedbyHollis+Miller Architects and Bond Architects. Their teams evaluated the district’s
buildings with a focus on safety, structural integrity, current needs and planning for the future. The process also included a community survey to better understand the priorities of the district’s families, staff, community members and taxpayers. Over the last six years, taxpayers in the Hillsboro School District saw their taxes decrease each year thanks to the district’s financial responsibility in paying off $27.7 million in bond debt. “From 2019 to 2025, the Hillsboro School District reduced taxes by more than every school district in the state of Missouri,” Issacson said. “This tax year, we lowered taxes again by 24 cents. We will have eliminated our debt service levy entirely, and our tax rate in 2026 is approximately $1.32 lower than it was in 2014 and 11 cents lower than in 1993.” The district’s current tax rate is now lower than approximately
85 percent of Missouri School districts, and many of the remaining 15 percent are smaller rural school districts or K-8 districts.
SENIORS WILL NOT SEE A TAX INCREASE Because Hillsboro R-3 is proposing an operating levy increase rather than a bond-debt levy, seniors who already receive the Jefferson County’s Real Property Tax Credit for Seniors and remain eligible will not pay additional school property taxes on their qualifying home as a result of Proposition H. Eligible homeowners age 62 and older must apply and qualify for the program. The next Senior Property Tax Credit application period is March 1 – June 30, 2027. If approved, the levy increase would begin in the 2027 tax year. For more information, visit https:// www.hsdr3.org/page/referendum-2026.
Friend of Labor Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Ewardsville) named Legislator of the Year
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REP. KATIE STUART (D-Edwardsville) has been named Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Association of Social Workers.
Edwardsville, IL — Former teacher and long-time advocate for students and educators, state Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) has been named the Illinois Association of School Social Workers (IASSW) Legislator of the Year. “If you’ve ever worked in a K-12 school, you know how much social workers can impact a student’s life inside and beyond the classroom,” said Stuart. “To be recognized by this group is such an honor because they know education goes far beyond grammar or algebra.” IASSW was founded in 1970 to improve the quality of life and education for children through enhanced professional development opportunities for school social workers. They provide resources and services for active school social workers and students pursuing graduate degrees in social work. “Social workers do an unimaginable amount of mental and emotional labor day in and day out to support their students,” said Stuart. “We have to continue to fund K-12 education and educational resources, and to find ways to fairly compensate and recognize all school employees for the hard work they do to educate the future leaders of Illinois.”
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Labor History OCTOBER 26
Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean, 1825
1825 – After eight years and at least 1,000 worker deaths — mostly Irish immigrants — the 350-mile Erie Canal opens, linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
OCTOBER 27 1904 – The New York City subway, the first rapid-transit system in America, opens. More than 100 workers died during the construction of the first 13 miles of tunnels and track. 1935 – Three strikes on worksrelief projects in Maryland were under way today, with charges that Depression-era Works Projects Administration jobs were paying only about 28 cents an hour — far less than was possible on direct relief. 1951 – The National Labor Council is formed in Cincinnati to unite Black workers in the struggle for full economic, political and social equality. The group was to function for five years before disbanding, having forced many AFL and CIO unions to adopt non-discrimination policies.
OCTOBER 28 1879 – Union organizer and anarchist Luisa Capetillo is born in
Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She organized tobacco and other agricultural workers in Puerto Rico and later in New York and Florida. 1965 – The St. Louis Gateway Arch is completed after two and onehalf years. Originally sold as a jobs program for thousands of African Americans in St. Louis suffering from the Depression, the 630-foothigh arch of stainless steel marks the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis. Although it was predicted 13 lives would be lost in construction, not a single worker died.
OCTOBER 29 1889 – Japanese immigrant and labor advocate Katsu Goto is strangled to death, his body then strung from an electric pole, on the Big Island of Hawaii by thugs hired by plantation owners.
“Black Tuesday” – Wall Street crashes, 1929
1929 – “Black Tuesday” — Wall Street crashes, throwing the world’s economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent.
OCTOBER 30 1986 – Ed Meese, attorney general in the Ronald Reagan administra-
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tion, urges employers to begin spying on workers “in locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns” to try to catch them using drugs. 1991 – The fishing boat Andrea Gail, out of Gloucester, Mass., is caught in a ferocious storm and lost at sea with her crew of six. The event inspired the book, “The Perfect Storm,” by Sebastian Junger, and a film by the same name. The city of Gloucester has lost more than 10,000 whalers and fishermen to the sea over its 350-year history.
OCTOBER 31 1829 – George Henry Evans publishes the first issue of the Working Man’s Advocate, “edited by a Mechanic” for the “useful and industrious classes” in New York City. He focused on the inequities between the “portion of society living in luxury and idleness” and those “groaning under the oppressions and miseries imposed on them.” 1891 – Tennessee sends in leased convict laborers to break a coal miners’ strike in Anderson County. The miners revolted, burned the stockades, and sent the captured convicts by train back to Knoxville. 1941 – After 14 years of labor by 400 stone masons, the Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed in Keystone, S.D. 1971 – Int’l Alliance of Bill Posters, Billers & Distributors of the United States & Canada surrenders its AFL-CIO charter and is disbanded.
NOVEMBER 1 1918 – Malbone tunnel disaster in New York City; inexperienced scab motorman crashes five-car train during strike, 97 killed, 255 injured. 1919 – Some 400,000 soft coal miners strike for higher wages and shorter hours. 1972 – United Stone & Allied Products Workers of America
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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.
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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.
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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.
Operators Local 399
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at 24 East Ferguson, Wood River, Ill.
Painters District Council 58 Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 360
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. 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
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.
Cement Masons Local 527
3341 Hollenberg Dr, Bridgeton, MO 63044
Elevator Constructors Local 3
First Tuesday of each month September through May, 7 p.m., 967 East Airline Dr., East Alton, IL 62024.
1525 South Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63104. Email: iuec3@ iueclocal3.org.
Sheet Metal Workers Local 268
5916 Wilson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
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.
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Glaziers Local 513 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.
Greater St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Ironworkers Local 396
St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council
Laborers Local 110
St. Louis Union Label & Service Trades Council
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562
Third Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., IBEW Local 1 Hall, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., St. Louis. First Wednesday, 10 a.m., Electricians’ Industry Training Center Auditorium, 2300 Hampton. Meetings third Monday at 5 p.m., IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., 63110. John Schepers, president. Information: fritz@ unionlabel.info 314-779-9959
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Union meetings on the last Friday of each month at 8 p.m. at the Union Hall, 2500 59th St., St. Louis, MO 63110. 4532 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63127. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Second Wednesday of each month, 5 p.m. at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 Training Center, 3755 Corporate Trail Dr., Earth City, MO 63045.
Washington (Satire from The Borowitz Report) — In a proposal that experts called unprecedented, on Tuesday over 20 million Americans offered Donald J. Trump $90 each to resign from office. The Americans, all of whom recently received government checks in that amount, said they could think of “no better use” for those funds. According to one White House source, Trump is “tempted” by the offer, since the total payment of $2 billion would match his earnings over the past two years “but he wouldn’t have to hang out with Qataris to get it.” Dozens of world leaders voiced their support for Trump leaving his job early, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said, “He needs to pull a Zacharia.” merge with United Steelworkers of America. 1979 – The UAW begins what was to become a successful 172day strike against International Harvester. The union turned back company demands for weakened
work rules, mandatory overtime. 1982 – Honda assembles the firstever Japanese car manufactured in a U.S. plant, in Marysville, Ohio. (Compiled by David Prosten, founder Union Communication Services)
Roofers Local 2
Teamsters Joint Council 13
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.
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.
Teamsters Local 688
4349 Woodson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63134
Tile-Marble Setters & Finishers, Mosaic & Terrazzo Workers & Finishers Local 18 MO
Meets at 5:00 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at ADC Union Hall, 1670 Fenpark, Fenton, MO 63026.
United Media Guild Local 36047
Executive board meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday at the TNG-CWA Local 36047 office, Room 1040 at 1015 Locust St., St. Louis.
Utility Workers Local 335
74 Woodstream, Moscow Mills, MO 63362
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NAWIC to host jobsite tour at Home Turf Sports Complex in Fairview Heights The St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is hosting a jobsite tour of Home Turf Sports Complex in Fairview Heights, Ill., on Thursday, Dec. 3. Representatives from NAWIC member company IMPACT Strategies, the general contractor, will be on hand to walk participants through this unique sports complex being built by five local
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families, including former St. Louis Cardinal Brad Thompson. A project manager will discuss the project’s challenges, budget, timeline, safety and more. The jobsite tour will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the sports complex at 5 Marxer Place in Fairview Heights. Afterward, participants are meeting for happy hour right down the street at PaPPo’s Pizzeria & Pub at 15 Ludwig Drive in
Fairview Heights. Founded in 1953, NAWIC is a notfor-profit organization focused on enhancing the success of women in construction by providing support, nurturing and business opportunities in construction. NAWIC members are welcome to bring non-members. However, space is limited. Register by Dec. 1 at https://www.nawicstl.org/ job-site-tour---home-turf.html.
Calendar of Events Save the Date NOVEMBER Nov. 11 – Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC) Wine Tour. Join your EWMC friends for a day of visiting wineries including Defiance Ridge Vineyards, Noboleis Vineyards, Sugar Creek Winery and Balducci Vineyards. The bus will leave St. Louis Mills Mall at 5555 St. Louis Mills Circle Drive near Hope Church in Hazelwood at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $50 per person, and all proceeds will benefit the EWMC Coat Drive. Nov. 19 – 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.
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Nov. 19 – 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. To register, visit mojwj.org/ action/join-a-st-louis-faith-laboralliance-breakfast.
DECEMBER Dec. 17 – 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. Dec. 17 – 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. To register, visit mojwj. org/action/join-a-st-louis-faithlabor-alliance-breakfast.
JANUARY Jan. 21 – 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. Jan. 21 – 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. To register, visit mojwj.org/ action/join-a-st-louis-faith-laboralliance-breakfast. Jan. 29 – 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Mouse Races, sponsored by the South County Labor Legislative Club, will be held at the Painters District Council 58 union hall at 2501 59th St. in St. Louis. Doors open at 6, and the races begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $25 per person. Make checks payable to South St. Louis County Labor Political Organization and mail to 4657 Forrest Valley Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63128. For more information, contact Otto Schoenberg at 314-581-3529.
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CBTU From page 1 DENISE LIEBERMAN Lieberman is a nationally recognized voting rights lawyer who has been on the front lines of voting rights debates in Missouri and around the country for the past 20 years. She serves as director and general counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, a nonpartisan statewide network of voter advocates. She testified in support of the Voting Rights Act before Congress and previously served a director of Power & Democracy Project National Office in Washington, D.C., a racial justice organization, where she brought lawsuits on voter ID laws, early voting requirements and rights restorations in states in states including Missouri, North Carolina, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Florida and others. Lieberman is also faculty director of the Voter Access and Engagement initiative at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is an adjunct professor of law and political science. She has been at the forefront of voting rights debates in Missouri and across the country, helping lead campaigns to advance voting reform in Congress and fight the spate of restrictive voting proposals in the states. In her role with the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, she coordinates statewide non-partisan election protection efforts in Missouri in collaboration with community partners, including the Mound City Bar Association. “Denise, you are the epitome of what it looks like to have someone who fights on behalf of others unselfishly, non-stop, round the clock,” said John Bowman, president of the St. Louis County Chapter of the NAACP. Bowman was one of two speakers who paid tribute to Lieberman. The other was St. Louis City License Collector and former president of the National Bar Association Mavis Thompson, who together with Lieberman formed Missouri Voter Protection Coalition after the two met at an election workshop.
in initiative petitions, pickets, demonstrations and boycott campaigns. He spearheaded the campaign to elect the first in the first independent alderman in the state of Missouri, Alderman Kenneth Jones of Iron Workers Local 396, a founding member of the CBTU St. Louis Chapter. Ozier is also a former alderman and committeeman in St. Louis and organized Get Out The Vote and election campaigns that mobilized more than 200 workers on election day. A retired member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 92, he currently serves as vice president of the St. Louis chapter of CBTU.
“There are few in our city, state, and nation who exhibit the fighting spirit, dedication and commitment for justice, freedom, and equality for the working class like Jay Ozier,” said Lew Moye, president emeritus of CBTU St. Louis. “Jay has been
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Unionists. He has held numerous leadership positions over the last 45 years, including president of the of the chapter. In 1978, he was one of the coordinators in the 22nd ward to defeat antiworker “right-to-work” (for less). See CBTU page 8
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29 graduate from Missouri Works Initiative Apprenticeship Ready programs Twenty-nine students recently graduated from the Missouri Works Initiative’s Apprenticeship Ready programs. The graduation, which included 18 students in the Apprenticeship Ready in Construction (ARC) program and 11 students in the Apprenticeship Ready in Manufac-
turing (ARM) program, was held at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis on Oct. 16.
‘LIFE-CHANGING CAREERS’ “I want to congratulate you guys,” said Missouri AFL-CIO President Jake Hummel. “We know this is a lot of work and a lot of ef-
fort to get here, but I can promise you that it’s worth it. These are life-changing careers, and it’s been amazing what you guys have been able to accomplish.” Supported by the Missouri AFLCIO, the five-week programs are designed to address critical workforce shortages in the general supply
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LIFE-CHANGING CAREERS – Twenty-nine students recently graduated from the Missouri Works Initiative’s Apprenticeship Ready programs, preparing them for life-changing careers in the construction and manufacturing industries.The graduation ceremony was held at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis on Oct. 16. – Labor Tribune photo
chain, aerospace, manufacturing, transportation and construction sectors. The Missouri Works Initiative focuses on bridging the gap between underrepresented, underemployed and unemployed individuals and high-paying union jobs by providing resources, support and access to opportunities to build sustainable careers. Both the ARC and ARM programs provide potential preapprentices with the opportunity to visit participating local building and manufacturing trade unions to get hands-on basic training and a feel for each of the trades. Students also receive: • Career and life skills training. • Supportive services. • Transportation assistance. • Mentoring from trade professionals. • A weekly stipend. • Work gear (safety glasses, hard hat, high visibility shirts, pants, boots). • Trade placement advising.
‘NOT THE END, BUT THE BEGINNING’ “For each of you this is not the end, but the beginning,” said ARC/ ARM Program Coordinator Jenn
Clark-Bader. “You’re starting a new chapter in your life. And I hope that as you leave here today, you remember what happens next is really up to you. We’re always here to support you and cheer you on.” ARC graduate Jordan RamseyWilliams, who’s joining Iron Workers Local 396, said he enjoyed the program and is looking forward to the future. “Not everybody can get up early in these conditions and put in the work that we do, but we’re cut from a different cloth so just have pride in your work,” he said. ARC graduate Daniele Howard, who’s joining Bricklayers Local 1, said the program was a gamechanger.
‘FRESH START AND A REAL CAREER’ “We all come from different backgrounds looking for a fresh start and a real career,” she said. “We walked through these doors as strangers and now we are a group – a brotherhood and a sisterhood.” For more information on the Missouri Works Initiative and its ARC and ARM programs, visit http:// moworksinitiative.org.
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“Working in coalition with others, he was one of the leaders that produced the high percentage of black votes against ‘right-to-work’ (for less) in St. Louis City,” Moye said. “In late 1970s, he was one of the leaders to save the Homer D. Phillips and all public hospitals campaign in St. Louis City and St. Louis County. “He was a major player in the fight for black political empowerment in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s in the city of St. Louis. “And in 1993, he was one of the campaign coordinators of the successful election of Freeman Bosley Jr. as the first African American mayor of the city of St. Louis. In 1993 and 1995, the St. Louis CBTU chapter designated Ozier to serve as workforce diversity coordinator for construction of the America’s Center stadium to ensure African American’s and women participated in the workforce. “With Jay’s hard effort, the stadium was built with 20 percent African American and five percent women participating,” Moye said. The stadium served a home of the St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 2015. In 2018, Ozier once again played a leadership role in defeating ‘rightto-work’ (for less) in the state of Missouri. “Jay is truly a role model for our
youth today,” Moye said. “He has participated in countless demonstrations, picket lines for workers’ rights, human rights for peace, for women’s reproductive rights, police brutalities and killing, minimum wage increase, quality education for our youth, support for our public schools, and crimes against humanity in South Africa and Gaza. “Jay is now in his 70s, and I’m in my 80s,” Moye said. “But he continues to provide a very high level of leadership in the never-ending fight for peace, justice and equality. “It’s been an honor for me, Jay,” Moye said. “It’s been an honor for me to call you a friend and a brother in this chapter for the past 50 years.” Ozier was brief in his remarks, congratulating Lieberman on her well-deserved recognitions and encouraging everyone to get out and vote on Nov. 3. “Denise with the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition went to court more times in this year than I have fingers and toes – all the way to the Supreme Court,” Ozier said. “And they won, they won, they won. And that’s why we can see on the ballot Amendment 6, which is the issue of initiative petition that we gathered signatures on throughout the state, and it’s now on the ballot. So be sure to vote, and vote ‘Yes.’
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Closed Alton Steel plant could be developed as data center Alton, IL – The owners of the closed Alton Steel plant may be selling soon to the same developer as the Midtown (Armory) data center in St. Louis. Alton Steel officials announced Oct. 21 that they are close to finalizing a deal to sell the closed plant on Cut Street to TerraWatt for a “Riverbend Technology Center.” The 400-acre plot has been empty since Alton Steel closed its doors in January after more than a century of steelmaking. Now the Alton Steel website announces a plan to redevelop the site as a grid-powered data center, which will be built without local tax incentives. According to the company, TerraWatt would demolish the old buildings, clean up the site, and build a secure center of data servers. It would be powered through the Ameren Illinois grid, built in phases as Ameren confirms it can power them, according to the company. “We know every community is unique. Our proposal for Alton puts the mill site back to work for the economy of the next century,” said
11, with the remainder to the city of Alton, as well as the municipal electricity tax. Other beneficiaries will include Lewis and Clark Community College, Madison County, Hayner Library District and other taxing bodies.
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David Daneshforooz, co-founder and chief executive officer of TerraWatt. “We’d pay our own way with no local tax incentives, generate millions of dollars a year in new tax revenue for the city and its schools, and be the quietest neighbor Alton has had on this site in a hundred years.” Currently the property generates about $98,736 a year in property taxes, which would rise to $17.2 million in the first year, by the company’s estimates. The bulk of it would go to Alton School District
Over the two-year build, the company estimates 4,846 construction jobs, which they say will be under a Project Labor Agreement using union labor. Once completed , the center will employ about 50 people permanently. While TerraWatt is not asking for local tax incentives, it will receive some state tax exemptions, which they say would have to be repaid if the project quits within the first 20 years. An open house was planned Oct. 27, after Labor Tribune press time. “We believe in responsible development,” the website read. “We will be a good neighbor... We look forward to hearing from the people of Alton, learning what matters most to them, and shaping the right project for this community.”
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ST. LOUIS – Glaziers Local 513 recently donated $18,583.89 to Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, which provides a short-term, safe haven for 5,000 children a year, ages birth through 12 years old, whose families face an emergency caused by illness, homelessness, domestic violence of overwhelming parental stress. The money was raised during the Local 513 annual charity golf tournament on Aug. 22 at the Florissant Golf Club. – Glaziers Local 513 photo
Amendment 6 From page 1 islators have overturned the will of the voters by ending sick leave in the state, freezing minimum wage increases and ordering Amendment 3, which would enforce a statewide abortion ban, appear on the November ballot. Missouri voters legalized abortion in 2024.
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The last union member-tomember canvass is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 at 8:30 a.m. at the following locations: • St. Louis City – IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth Ave., in St. Louis. • South/Jefferson counties – Richardson Road Commuter Lot, Vogel and Richardson roads, in Arnold. • North County – Ron Veach Pavillion, 25 St. Ferdinand Park Drive, in Florissant.
• West County – UFCW Local 655, 300 Weidman Road, in Ballwin. • St. Charles County – Mid Rivers Commuter Lot, across from 399 Main St., in St. Peters. If you would still like to canvas, but are unavailable on Oct. 31, you can canvas the general population any day of the week by visiting respectmissourivoters.org/mobilize.
PHONE BANKING OPPORTUNITIES Phone banking is available on Thursday, Oct. 29 beginning at 10 a.m. with lunch provided at the IBEW Local 1 Service Center, 5735 Elizabeth Ave., in St. Louis. Members also have the option of phone banking from home. For more information, contact Michael Thomas at mthomasjr@ missouriaflcio.org.
Alton public works From page 1 retroactive pay beyond the day the strike began. “Since our public works employees have been working without a contract since March, many members view the removal of retro pay as a regressive step rather than maintaining the status quo,” Steinhauer said. “Because the city did not present a new offer, we have stated we will not schedule further meetings unless the offer changes. Our members remain strong on the picket line and are prepared to remain on the strike line for the long term.”
concerns” about the accuracy of the report. “The report contains what we believe to be inaccurate information, that relies heavily on unverified hearsay, and attacks public works Teamsters with misinformation without proper fact-checking or accurately reporting the situation,” he said. “Such inaccuracies are harmful to our members, the status of negotiations, undermine public trust, and misrepresent the dedication of our public works professionals and our respect for our law enforcement.”
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The Riverbender reported that there an alleged incident on the strike line where a police officer was allegedly obstructed by some striking workers standing in the roadway while active roadwork was in progress. The report alleged that the officer had to drive through active fresh oil because picketers would not move out of the lane of traffic. Steinhauer said he has “deep
The Alton public works employees have been on strike since Sept. 25. Teamsters Local 525 represents 32 workers from the street department, animal control, stormwater maintenance, forestry and others. The parties continue to disagree on wage increases, health insurance and comp time, which the union alleges was arbitrarily ended in violation of the previous contract. The contract expired on March 31.
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Mother Jones remembered at Miners’ Day celebration in Mt. Olive By ROBERT KELLY Correspondent
northeast of St. Louis, off Interstate 55.
Mount Olive, IL — The spirit of early 20th century union labor activist Mary Harris “Mother” Jones inspired those who spoke at the recent annual union Miners’ Day celebration at the Union Miners Cemetery at Mount Olive. “Mother Jones has become larger than life,” said Mike Matejka, of Bloomington, Ill., president of the Illinois Labor History Society and a former Bloomington City Council member and board member of the McLean County, Ill., Museum of History.
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“Because she lost all the members of her own family, she made her (new) family the working people of this country,” Matejka continued. “Out of her efforts, she became a powerhouse” for union members. About 70 people attended the speeches and tributes to Mother Jones at her impressive monument above her gravesite at the Union Miners Cemetery. The event was held on a sunny, mild day on Oct. 10 at the cemetery, about 45 miles
Michael Phillippi, from Morgantown, W. Va, international secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, said he hoped future Miners Days would draw many more participants and speakers from throughout the United States and even other countries. The annual event has become important for all union members everywhere to remember what Mother Jones did for them, Phillippi said. “We ought to ask ourselves what more we can do to carry her work forward,” he said. “Among everything else, we have to continue to fight for our rights,” Phillippi noted. “The minute you give up that fight, we will lose everything our fathers and forefathers fought for. “The big corporations (that run businesses having union workers) will be happy to take away our rights to hire cheaper labor and increase their greed.” But cheaper labor is not better labor, and those non-union workers produce inferior products, he added.
SOLIDARITY AWARDS Miners Day organizers with the Union Miners Cemetery Association also presented their annual Mother Jones Solidarity Awards at the Oct. 10 event. One of the awards was given posthumously to the late Steve Earle, who died on May 22 this year at the age of 74. Earle was the international vice president of District 12 of the United Mine Workers. Based in Kentucky, Earle was a union activist for almost 50 years until his death from cancer.
UNION MEMBERS marching to the Mount Olive event.
BATTLE OF VIRDEN Speakers on Oct. 10 also commemorated the so-called Battle of Virden, a violent miners union conflict that occurred on Oct. 12, 1898. After a United Mine Workers of America local struck at a mine in the small town of Virden, Ill., the mine owners, Chicago-Virden Coal Co. hired armed detectives or security guards to accompany African-American strikebreakers to start production again. The strikebreakers were not told that
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they were being strikebreakers in the fight. An armed conflict broke out when the train carrying those men arrived at Virden. The strikers were also armed. A total of five detective/security guards and eight striking mine workers were killed, with five guards and more than 30 miners wounded. The miners who were killed in the Virden conflict eventually were buried or reburied at the Union Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive.
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ACTRESS LORETTA WILLIAMS as Mother Jones – Labor Tribune photo
‘ADOPTED UNION MINERS’
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own family to fatal illnesses and other tragic events. So she always said she “adopted” the union miners as her new family. At her request, Mother Jones was buried at the Union Miners Cemetery when she died at nearly 100 years old in November 1930. Over the next few years, miners donated money and labor to erect the monument in her honor.
Actress Loretta Williams, who has portrayed Mother Jones at many events in the Metro East and elsewhere, also spoke about the importance of Mother Jones’ work. “These miners buried here are my boys,” said Wiliams in an Irish accent and dressed as Mother Jones. The real Mary Harris Jones lost her
Also honored with a Solidarity Award was Amy Rueff, based in Springfield, Ill., who spoke briefly after accepting her award. Rueff coordinated the raising of more than $100,000 to restore and repair the Mother Jones Monument and also make improvements at the nearby Mother Jones Museum in Mount Olive. “I am truly honored,” Rueff said. “I did what I could for all the others who helped me and cared so passionately about this project.” Rueff is the resource director of the Illinois AFL-CIO. She also has been AFL-CIO community services liaison with United Way and Decatur, Ill., Trades & Labor Assembly, promoting union involvement in philanthropy and volunteerism.
PEOPLE AT THE MINER’S DAY EVENT joining hands and singing Solidarity Forever. – Labor Tribune photo
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PEOPLE RAISE JOINED HANDS at the Miners’ Day program at Mount Olive Cemetery, singing Solidarity Forever. – Labor Tribune photo
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12 • LABOR TRIBUNE • Thursday, October 29, 2026
St. Louis Central Labor Council endorsements for Nov. 3 The St. Louis Central Labor Council has endorsed the following candidates in the Nov. 3 election based on the recommendations of area Labor Clubs.
Circuit Clerk
Joe Maddock
Circuit Judge Div. 12 Div. 15
Colby Smith Haynes Michell Hughes
JEFFERSON COUNTY LABOR CLUB
Hillsboro R-III Proposition H
Vote YES
Tim Whitney
MINERAL AREA LABOR CLUB ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
Richard Durham Lori Arons Tim Bennett Josh Williams
Presiding Commissioner Bill Young
County Executive County Council Dist. 1 Dist. 3 Dist. 5 Dist. 7
NORTH COUNTY LABOR CLUB ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL Dist. 1
County Clerk (Dual Endorsement) Steve Earp Jaclyn Riebold
Rita H. Days
ST. LOUIS CITY LABOR CLUB CITY OF ST. LOUIS
County Collector
Jen Modray
Collector of Revenue Daly
Gregory F.X.
SOUTH ST. LOUIS. COUNTY LABOR CLUB St. Louis County County Executive Jake Zimmerman County Council Dist. 3 Mark Osmack County Prosecutor Melissa Price-Smith County Assessor Doug Clements
TRI-COUNTY LABOR CLUB St. Charles County License Collector County Executive Mavis “Tessa” Thompson Recorder of Deeds Shane Cohn St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education Donna R. Jones Wendy Goss Proposition 1 Vote NO Proposition B Vote NO
Steve Ehlmann
Prosecuting Attorney Joseph P. McCulloch
Dist. 3 Mike Elam Dist. 4 Steven Felder Dist. 5 Terry Hollander Dist. 7 (Dual endorsement) Monica Balestreri Tim Baker Association Circuit Judge Div. 8 Peter Lassiter Div. 9 Jeff Sandcork Div. 11 Denise Childress Div. 12 William Byrnes Proposition Paramedics Central County Fire Proposition T
Vote YES Vote YES
Fort Zumwalt R-11 Proposition 1
Vote YES
Sheriff
Scott A. Lewis
Francis Howell R-111 Proposition H Proposition O
Vote YES Vote YES
County Council Dist. 1
Matt Swanson
Orchard Farm R-V Proposition T
Vote YES
Missouri AFL-CIO COPE endorsements for the Nov. 3 general election Following are the Missouri AFLCIO COPE-endorsed candidates and positions on amendments and propositions in the Nov. 3 general election.
STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS AND AMENDMENTS Proposition A Citizen-led referendum on gerrymandered Congressional maps. Vote NO Amendment 3 Repeals abortion rights.
Vote NO
Amendment 6 Protects citizen-led votes and petition rights. Vote YES Amendment 7 Allows for private funding of state government. Vote NO
STATEWIDE CANDIDATE State Auditor
Quentin Wilson
U.S. CONGRESS CD 1 CD 2 CD 3
Wesley Bell Fred Wellman Bethany Mann
CD 4 CD 5 CD 6 CD 7 CD 8
Jordan Herrera Emanuel Cleaver II Josh Smead Missi Hesketh Chris Reichard
STATE SENATE SD 2 SD 4 SD 8 SD 10 SD 14 SD 20 SD 22 SD 24 SD 26 SD 30 SD 34
Susan Shumway Gina Mitten Keri Ingle Mike Deering Raychel Proudie Sean Falconer Jim Avery Tracy McCreery Vicky Wors Betsy Fogle Shereka Barnes
STATE HOUSE HD 2 HD 8 HD 9 HD 12 HD 13 HD 14 HD 15 HD 17 HD 18 HD 19
Casey Scott Amy Minich Gena Pucket Tracey Steele Jacoby Wynkoop Ashley Aune Kenneth Jamison Susan Hoisington Eric Woods Wick Thomas
HD 21 HD 22 HD 23 HD 24 HD 25 HD 26 HD 27 HD 28 HD 29 HD 30 HD 31 HD 32 HD 33 HD 34 HD 35 HD 36 HD 37 HD 38 HD 39 HD 41 HD 44 HD 45 HD 46 HD 47 HD 50 HD 54 HD 55 HD 56 HD 62 HD 63
Will Jobe Yolanda Young Tony L. Van Trece Kevin Garner Pattie Mansur Tiffany Price Melissa Douglas Donna Barnes Tedi Rowland Kevin Grover Justin Geiser Jennifer Cassidy Troy Lattrell Kemp Strickler Michael Scott Anthony Ealy Karissa Marie Varga Marty Jacobs Tanya Lakins Matthew Beger Bekki Brewer Kathy Steinhoff David Tyson Smith Adrian Plank Gregg Bush Taigan Rayne Plummer Jon Pennell Staci Czar Liz Davenport Donald Looney Jr.
HD 64 HD 67 HD 68 HD 69 HD 70 HD 71 HD 72 HD 73 HD 74 HD 75 HD 76 HD 77 HD 78 HD 79 HD 80 HD 81 HD 82 HD 83 HD 84 HD 85 HD 86 HD 87 HD 88 HD 89 HD 90 HD 91 HD 92 HD 93 HD 94 HD 95
Amber Teson Tonya Rush Kem Smith Chris Chapman Stephanie Boykin Nicole Greer Patrick Wroblewski Kennedy Moore Marla Smith Chanel Mosley Marlon Anderson Kimberly-Ann Collins Marty Joe Murray Rachel D’Souza Elizabeth Fuchs James (Jimmy) Lappe Nick Kimble Ray Reed Del Taylor Yolonda Fountain Henderson Jeff Hales Connie Steinmetz Jennifer Trickey Bryan Troop Mark Boyko Jo Doll Michael Burton Bridget Walsh Moore Cathy Summers Meredith Sumenek
HD 98 HD 99 HD 100 HD 104 HD 105 HD 106 HD 107 HD 110 HD 111 HD 113 HD 114 HD 117 HD 123 HD 125 HD 127 HD 130 HD 131 HD 132 HD 133 HD 134 HD 135 HD 136 HD 137 HD 140 HD 145 HD 146 HD 147 HD 148 HD 150 HD 161
Jaclyn Zimmermann Tori Schafer Mary Ann Perkins Tara Murray Cat Clayton Jewel Kelly Gary Wester Claire Heinrich Cecelie Williams Phil Amato Jessie Shepherd Eli Flowers Jeff Vernetti Dane Diehl Marvin Manring Leslie Jones Ashley Cossins Jeremy Dean Katelyn Zach Kelsey Grant John Chiles Stephanie Hein Bryce F. Lockwood Julia E. Curran Carl Kinsky Mary Harriet Talbut Tim Palmer Casey Carlisle Cameron Bunting Parker Aaron Joseph Metzger
Illinois AFL-CIO 2026 general election endorsements Following are the Illinois AFLCIO COPE-endorsed candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. Governor JB Pritzker (D) Lt. Governor Christian Mitchell (D) U.S. Senate Juliana Stratton (D) Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) Treasurer Michael Frerichs (D) Comptroller Margaret Croke (D)
U.S. HOUSE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Jonathan Jackson (D) Donna Miller (D) Delia Ramirez (D) Patty Garcia (D) Mike Quigley (D) Sean Casten (D) LaShawn Ford (D) Melissa Bean (D) Daniel Biss (D) Brad Schneider (D) Bill Foster (D) Julie Fortier (D)
13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
Nikki Budzinski (D) Lauren Underwood (D) Jennifer Todd (D) Paul Nolley (D) Eric Sorensen (D)
STATE SENATE 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 8th 9th 11th 12th 14th 15th 17th 18th 20th 21st 23rd 24th 26th 27th 29th 30th 33rd 36th 39th 42nd 48th 56th
Omar Aquino (D) Mattie Hunter (D) Lakesia Collins (D) Sara Feigenholtz (D) Ram Villivalam (D) Patrick Hanley (D) Mike Porfirio (D) Celina Villanueva (D) Emil Jones Jr (D) Napoleon Harris III (D) Elgie Sims (D) Fran Hurley (D) Graciela Guzman (D) Laura Ellman (D) Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D) Seth Lewis (R) Nabeela Syed (D) Carina Santa Maria (D) Julie Morrison (D) Adriane Johnson (D) Michelle Clark (D) Mike Halpin (D) Don Harmon (D) Jared Ploger (D) Doris Turner (D) Marsia Geldert-Murphey (D)
57th 59th
Chris Belt (D) Tamiko “TC” Mueller (D)
STATE HOUSE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th
Aaron Ortiz (D) Lisa Hernandez (D) Eva Dina Delgado (D) Lilian Jimenez (D) Kim DuBuclet (D) Sonya Harper (D) Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D) Shantel Franklin (D) Yolanda Morris (D) Omar Williams (D) Ann Williams (D) Paul Kendrick (D) Demi Palecek (D) Kelly Cassidy (D) Mike Kelly (D) Kevin Olickal (D) Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D) Robyn Gabel (D) Lindsey LaPointe (D) Brad Stephens (R) Abdelnasser Rashid (D) Angie Guerrero-Cuellar (D) Edgar Gonzalez (D) Theresa Mah (D) Curtis Tarver II (D) Kam Buckner (D) Justin Slaughter (D) Bob Rita (D)* Thaddeus Jones (D)
30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 65th
Will Davis (D) Michael Crawford (D) Lisa Davis (D)* Marcus Evans (D) Cleopatra Cowley (D) Mary Gill (D) Rick Ryan (D) Pat Sheehan (R) Debbie Meyers Martin (D) Will Guzzardi (D) Miguel Alvelo-Rivera (D) Janet Yang Rohr (D) Anna Moeller (D) Fred Crespo (D) Martha Deuter (D) Diane Blair Sherlock (D) Erica Bray-Parker (D) Jennifer Sanalitro (R) Maura Hirschauer (D) Barbara Hernandez (D) Jenny Levin (D) Maria Peterson (D) Nicolle Grasse (D) Mary Beth Canty (D) Justin Cochran (D) Michelle Mussman (D) Tracy Katz Muhl (D) Bob Morgan (D) Daniel Didech (D) Rita Mayfield (D) Joyce Mason (D) Laura Faver Dias (D) Ricky Rivard (D)
66th 67th 68th 70th 72nd 76th 77th 78th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 91st 92nd 95th 96th 97th 98th 103rd 104th 111th 112th 113th 114th 118th
Suzanne Ness (D) Maurice West II (D) Dave Vella (D) Veronica Garcia Martinez (D) Gregg Johnson (D) Amy “Murri” Briel (D) Norma Hernandez (D) Camille Lilly (D) Anthony DeLuca (D) Anne Stava (D) Nicole La Ha (R) Matt Hanson (D) Saba Haider (D) Dee Avelar (D) Larry Walsh Jr (D) Sharon Chung (D) Jehan Gordon-Booth (D) Mike Coffey (R) Sue Scherer (D) Jessica Dixon Heitman (D) Natalie Manley (D) Carol Ammons (D) Brandun Schweizer (R) Rosetta Brown (D) Katie Stuart (D) Jay Hoffman (D) Kevin Schmidt (R) Chip Markel (D)
JUDICIAL 1st App Judith Rice (D) 3rd App Margaret “Peggy” O’Connell (D)