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We are the only labor paper in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area that is officially endorsed by all of the Major Labor Councils in this area.
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Biden Rule Protects Pensions for Millions of Workers
The Biden Administration has announced a final rule for a program intended to keep 200 Multi-Employer Pension Funds solvent for the next 30 years and protect more than two million Workers from having their retirement [...]
Following Fatal Fall, Roofers Local 20 Fights for Safer Work Conditions for all Workers
A Kansas City, Kansas, firefighter was seriously injured and one (non-union) roofer was killed after falling through the roof of a building in late March. Firefighters were in an industrial area near 55th Street and [...]
Union News
Kansas City’s Judy Ancel, of the Heartland Labor Forum, Receives Prestigious Joe Hill Award
Judy Ancel accepting the Joe Hill Award. Every year the Labor Heritage Foundation awards the Joe Hill Award [...]
UAW 249: Ford Makes Massive Investment into Kansas City Assembly Plant
More than a thousand good union jobs are headed to the Claycomo Ford plant following Ford’s massive reinvestment across the [...]
IUPAT DC 3 PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYOR LUCAS TO VISIT TRAINING CENTER
During National Apprenticeship Week, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas accepted the invitation to join IUPAT DC 3 apprentices, members and leaders [...]
KC Labor Beacon News Stories
Meet IAM Local 778’s New Business Manager Scott Brown
IAM Business Manager Scott Brown What is your personal, work, and family history with Local 778, the Machinists, or other unions? At 20 years old, I was hired at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in January 2006. Over the next six years, [...]
Meet Chuck Martin III, Insulators Local 27’s New Business Manager
Charles "Chuck" Martin III What is your personal and family history with Local 27, the Insulators, or other unions? I'm a third generation insulator following my father (Chuck Jr), my uncle (Jerry) and my Grandfather (Charlie). I've grown up around the Union and [...]
Kansas City’s Judy Ancel, of the Heartland Labor Forum, Receives Prestigious Joe Hill Award
Judy Ancel accepting the Joe Hill Award. Every year the Labor Heritage Foundation awards the Joe Hill Award at the Great Labor Arts Exchange. The Joe Hill Award honors leaders and artists who have contributed to the successful integration of arts and culture [...]
UAW 249: Ford Makes Massive Investment into Kansas City Assembly Plant
More than a thousand good union jobs are headed to the Claycomo Ford plant following Ford’s massive reinvestment across the midwest. Ford is adding a total of 6,200 more UAW jobs across the midwest as part of a company strategy to roll out more electric [...]
