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Meet IAM Local 778’s New Business Manager Scott Brown
IAM Business Manager Scott Brown What is your personal, work, and family history [...]
Meet Chuck Martin III, Insulators Local 27’s New Business Manager
Charles "Chuck" Martin III What is your personal and family history with Local [...]
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 [...]
Labor community celebrates Kansas City World Cup selection, warns of human rights issues
Area unions and worker organizations join soccer fans in celebrating our selection as a host [...]
Union members appointed to Kansas City’s Climate Protection Steering Committee
Mayor Quinton Lucas has appointed Shirley Mata, of UAW Local 249, and Bo Moreno, Business [...]
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 [...]
Kansas City Selected to Receive $5.75M to Tackle Polluted Sites
Former Horace Mann Elementary School The Biden administration, through the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]
Kansas City AFL-CIO’s Duke Dujakovich Assists in Federal Reserve Search for New President
The Kansas City Federal Reserve Building Esther George, president and chief executive officer [...]
Kansas City Labor Beacon Exclusive Q&A: Jackson County Executive Frank White
Jackson County Executive Frank White What do labor unions mean to you? Most [...]
Missouri AFl-CIO Hires Carson Pope as New Political Organizer for Western Missouri
There is a good chance you’ve already met Carson Pope, the new Political Organizer for [...]
NLRB Makes Bold Move, Seeks to Outlaw Employers’ Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings
President Biden’s nomination to lead the National Labor Review Board might just have been molded [...]
Steve Gercone Takes Over as Business Manager of Roofers Local 20
Following Kevin King’s appointment to the international, Steve Gercone has been appointed to the position [...]
Don Hunt Retires, Dustin Himes Appointed As New President of BAC Local 15
Don Hunt, who began his storied career as a Bricklayer apprentice in July 1978 for [...]
Don Hunt Retires, Dustin Himes Appointed As New President of BAC Local 15
don hunt pic New President of BAC Local 15, Dustin Himes Don Hunt, who [...]
Independence, Missouri Adopts New Pro-Union Responsible Bidder Language
After an initial study session presentation on March 14th, the City of Independence, Missouri adopted [...]
Labor Community Rallies Around Fallen Union Member’s Family
The Kansas City Building and Construction Trades opened their March meeting with a moment of [...]
Union Political Power: KCK Mayor Wants to Re-Open Fire Station 15
In a strong sign of things to come, newly-elected Mayor Tyrone Garner toured the controversially-closed [...]
Show Your Union Pride and Help Area Kids
Alise Martiny, the Business Manager of the Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council, [...]
Power In Numbers: Kansas City Union Organizers Confront Contractor
Organizers from several unions in Kansas City had grown suspicious of labor practices at a [...]
101 the Fox MVP: Paula Winkler of Laborers Local 264
paula mvp laborers Alise Martiny, Business Manager of the Greater Kansas City Building and Trades, [...]
IBEW 53: Women Paving the Path
Sharniece Lewis Sharniece Lewis has become the first woman at IBEW Local Union [...]
2021 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR UNIONS
Successful strike outcomes, Labor supporting appointments, and increase in union popularity help made 2021 [...]
