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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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OPEN LETTER: PUBLIC RADIO CONTENT CREATORS UNIONIZE FOR BETTER WAGES, BENEFITS, AND JOB PROTECTIONS
We, the undersigned employees of KCUR – including Classical KC, Kansas News Service, The Midwest Newsroom, and Harvest Public Media – part of the University of Missouri system, are hereby stating our intention to unionize [...]
GUEST COLUMN: Keeping our Teams in Jackson County and Building Our Labor Future
GUEST COLUMN by Mark Donovan, President, Kansas City Chiefs Brooks Sherman, President of Business Operations, Kansas City Royals For the last 50 years, the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals have built and sustained [...]
GUEST COLUMN: President Biden’s Investing in America Plan Allows for Kansas City to Build for a Bright, Equitable Future
GUEST COLUMN by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas When bulldozers and steamrollers tore through neighborhoods south of downtown five decades ago to make way for a highway, destroying the homes in the neighborhoods my grandmother, [...]
Union News
IAM LODGE 778 REJECTS HONEYWELL CONTRACT
Approximately 1,900 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 778 on Sunday voted to turn [...]
GUEST PIECE: REP. AARON CROSSLEY IS PROPOSING A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR MISSOURI’S FIRST RESPONDERS
By: Missouri State Representative Aaron Crossley Organized labor is having a moment. A truly grassroots effort to protect workers and [...]
BUILDING TRADES ISSUES STERN WARNING TO JACKSON COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS: “WE EXPECT PERFECT UNITY AROUND KEEPING OUR MEMBERS WORKING”
If you are sick of not knowing the future of the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs, [...]
KC Labor Beacon News Stories
GUEST COLUMN: President Biden’s Investing in America Plan Allows for Kansas City to Build for a Bright, Equitable Future
GUEST COLUMN by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas When bulldozers and steamrollers tore through neighborhoods south of downtown five decades ago to make way for a highway, destroying the homes in the neighborhoods my grandmother, great aunts, cousins, and so many others worked so hard [...]
IAM LODGE 778 REJECTS HONEYWELL CONTRACT
Approximately 1,900 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 778 on Sunday voted to turn down a tentative agreement with Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) in Kansas City, Mo. “The membership has spoken,” said IAM District 778 Business Representative [...]
GUEST PIECE: REP. AARON CROSSLEY IS PROPOSING A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR MISSOURI’S FIRST RESPONDERS
By: Missouri State Representative Aaron Crossley Organized labor is having a moment. A truly grassroots effort to protect workers and organized labor from a system that all too often discounts their contribution has grown, as workforces across the country in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, [...]
BUILDING TRADES ISSUES STERN WARNING TO JACKSON COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS: “WE EXPECT PERFECT UNITY AROUND KEEPING OUR MEMBERS WORKING”
If you are sick of not knowing the future of the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs, you are not alone. Tensions behind the scenes have escalated in recent weeks as rumors and political infighting have increased both in the public eye [...]