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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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Rep. Cleaver Secures More Than $91 Million for Local Projects
U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II announced that he has successfully secured $91.85 million in Community Project Funding for local projects across the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri, which includes the Missouri side of the Kansas [...]
IBEW President Lonnie R. Stephenson Retires, International Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth W. Cooper Named New President
According to a statement put out by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Lonnie R. Stephenson is retiring, effective Jan. 4, bringing an end to a nearly five-decade [...]
Rail strike averted by forcing agreement between unions, employers
After President Biden pushed Congress to halt a costly union strike, the “Pro-Union” President found himself in an awkward position of having to repair his image as organized labor’s biggest supporter. Biden signed into [...]
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November Election 2022: Pro-Worker Endorsements
November Election Endorsements
IUPAT DC 3 Announces New Roles
After eight years at IUPAT DC 3’s District Council, Jessica Podhola is leaving to become the Executive [...]
Pipefitter Members Travel to Mongolia Volunteering Their Services for Those in Need
A After thirteen days, four members of Pipefitters Local 533 have returned from an infrastructure building trip into a remote [...]
KC Labor Beacon News Stories
IBEW Local 1464 members strike over misclassification of workers and for fair wages!
IBEW Local 1464 members are on strike at Wabtec in Kansas City, MO. The facility that is represented by IBEW Local 1464 is located at 10707 North Pomona Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Local 1464 represents approximately 118 employees at the Kansas City facility. Wabtec Corp. was [...]
IBEW Local 53 Sent Hundreds of Members South to Help with Hurricane Ian Recovery
Many Americans, particularly those in the south and southeast, have formative memories of hurricanes threatening their homes and communities. These hurricanes literally reshape lives and cities, wrecking a terrible toll both in economic terms and lives lost. The, often forgotten, background of these disasters is [...]
Local 2-Signed Contractor Zahner Wins First Place National Safety Award from SMACNA
Pictured from Left to Right: Bill Anderson - field foreman, Sean Parrett - shop foreman, Chris Mills - shop foreman, Craig Everett - field foreman, Jo Ann Zahner, Lucas Fowler - shop foreman, Brad Snelling - shop foreman, Rob Thornton - shop foreman, Tim [...]
OPINION: Trudy Busch Valentine
Dear Brothers and Sisters: My name is Trudy Busch Valentine, and I am asking for your vote on November 8 to become Missouri’s next United States Senator. I’m a nurse, a mother, a grandmother, and a fourth-generation Missourian, and I’m running to put politics as [...]
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