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Jobs and Labor

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Parking Ticket Amnesty Day Can't Erase Woman's Murder Warrant

    Only in St. Louis... Michael D. Sorkin of the Post-Dispatch had a colorful little article yesterday on St. Louis' amnesty day for people with parking tickets. Those with delinquent citations could head down to America's Center and pay the original fine for their outstanding ticket. But as Sorkin rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Akin, Brunner and Steel Don't Know the Minimum Wage

    ​Todd Akin, John Brunner and Sarah Steelman, the three Republicans running for the Missouri Senate, all participated in a debate hosted by KMOX. Moderator Charlie Brennan threw 'em all for a loop when he asked them what the federal minimum wage is, and if they would vote to increase it. Brunner ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Steelman For Payroll Tax Cut, Akin Against Payroll Tax Cut, Brunner... Against?

    ​A few days ago, the Springfield News-Leader published a Q&A with the three candidates in Missouri's GOP Senate primary race. It's still early in the race and Sarah Steelman, Rep. Todd Akin and John Brunner have all positioned themselves as rock solid conservative candidates. As such, it's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    14 Arrested in Occupy St. Louis March and Demonstration; Total Arrests Now at 51

    Photos: Tony D'SouzaOccupy STL protesters march to the MLK Bridge yesterday afternoon.​If city officials thought that last weekend's forced eviction of Occupy St. Louis' tent encampment from Kiener Plaza would spell the end of the movement, they were mistaken. Yesterday nearly 1,000 Occupy support ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Minimum-Wage Hike Could Land on Missouri's 2012 Ballot

    Change Missourians can believe in?​Missouri may be a red state when it comes to politics, but two initiatives that hope to land on the November 2012 ballot could bring the left-wing base out in droves next year. On Monday it was a proposal to ask Missourians to legalize marijuana. On Tuesday it wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Union Workers to Join Occupy St. Louis for Major Demonstration Today

    Photo: Brian VillaToday's march promises to be several times larger than Occupy STL's first demonstration (above) on October 1.​Several hundred -- perhaps as many as a thousand -- union workers are expected to join members of the Occupy St. Louis movement this afternoon for a massive march through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Post-Dispatch Sued (Again) Over Retiree Benefits

    ​The beleaguered St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- already fending off a lawsuit from the Newspaper Guild over retiree benefits -- now faces another suit from the union representing its mailroom workers.The CWA Local 14620, also known as the St. Louis Mailers Union No. 3, represents the 220 employees who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Governor Nixon Toys With City's Hopes for Local Control in Special Session

    Will Governor Nixon throw St. Louis a bone this September?​On Wednesday, Mayor Francis Slay wrote on his blog and the Post-Dispatch reported that a bill to bring local control to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department would be included in the special session now being planned for Septemb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Teachers Union Case v. Charter School District Going to MO Supreme Court

    Teachers' rights to bargain collectively in Missouri are now headed to the state supreme court.​Are Missouri school boards required to collectively bargain with unions representing their faculties -- and, even more importantly, to do so in good faith?That's the question now heading to the Missouri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    MO Supreme Court Will Decide FOP Status for U. City, Chesterfield Police

    The appellate court found that police officers do have a right to collective bargaining -- but then kicked the case to the Missouri Supreme Court.​Are the cities of Chesterfield and University City required to enter into collective bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police?That was the questio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Deal for Local Control of St. Louis Police Flies in Face of Conventional Logic

    Local Control, the movie.​St. Louis City Hall and the St. Louis Police Officers Association announced yesterday that they've struck a deal that could return control of the department back to the city for the first time in 150 years. In doing so, the city bucked a nationwide trend by guarante ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Laid-Off Firefighters Want to Pump Your Stomach with Booze

    This man can douse your burning liver. ​First they were employed. Then they were told they'd be laid off. Then they learned their jobs would be saved ... but only after they lost them. Now they're unemployed. But not for long. Confused yet? So are we. This calls for a drink! This afternoon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Does Making Missouri More "Job Friendly" Always Require Screwing the Working Class?

    New proposals would allow Missouri employers to really crack that whip.​The question above immediately comes to mind when considering a spate of "pro business" proposals currently being debated in Jefferson City. One of the proposals would repeal Missouri's minimum wage law, allowing employers to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Must See TV? Blagojevich Cracking Nuts

    To all those politicians who might lose their jobs following today's mid-term election, there's always the advertising biz...

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Unions Lining Up Opposition to Rex Sinquefield's Prop A

    It's definitely not fair to say that donations from local unions and their counterparts in Washington, D.C., will even the playing field with Rex Sinquefield. The St. Louis zillionaire has already donated an astonishing $10.8 million toward his campaign to force a vote on earnings taxes in St. Louis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    KKK Propagandist Forced to Resign From Union Leadership

    The union leader accused of passing out pro-KKK business cards on a St. Louis job site didn't just get booted from the job, as we reported this morning -- the union has just confirmed that they've also removed him from a leadership role.Pro-KKK literature cost one man his leadership position at a lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Workers of the World Unite and Celebrate the General Strike of 1877!

    Image sourceHow the great strike ended.​Did you know that St. Louis was once in danger of falling into the hands of the Commies? Yep, it's true. Back in July of 1877, workers in St. Louis, led by the Marxist Workingman's Party, organized the first general strike in American history. For six gl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    The Chefs Get Richer and the Clientele Get Fatter

    Has it been a year? Already? Yes, once again, as it has been since 1957, July is National Hot Dog Month! According to National Hot Dog & Sausage Council president and self-described "Queen of Wien" Janet Riley., "On Independence Day, Americans will enjoy 150 million hot dogs, enough to stretch from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    St. Louis Union Construction Workers Too Lazy and Costly, Says Head of Union

    Terry Nelson drops the hammer on his carpenter colleagues.​The head of the St. Louis Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis is making waves for comments he recently made in the press, blaming his members for being unproductive and contributing to ever-growing construction costs in the r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Yet Another Round of Layoffs at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom last night lost another four people: three news researchers (who compile material for reporters) and a photo assistant.Executive editor Arnie Robbins announced the cuts in a memo to staff this morning, saying, "We left a handful of positions unfilled over the cou ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Write or wrong: Readers debate the firing of reporter Todd Smith, who was shot at Kirkwood City Hall

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom last night lost another four people: three news researchers (who compile material for reporters) and a photo assistant.Executive editor Arnie Robbins announced the cuts in a memo to staff this morning, saying, "We left a handful of positions unfilled over the cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    AB InBev To Lay Off 1,000 in St. Louis

    Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Joe Bonwich Still on the Menu

    Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Eighteen to be Laid Off Today at Post-Dispatch

    Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Post-Dispatch Lays Off Seventeen, Including its Primary Crime Reporter

    Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2008

    The Post-Dispatch is shedding news pages and slashing editorial staff – and there's no end in sight

    Anheuser-Busch InBev employees are buzzing about imminent job cuts in the wake of InBev's recent acquisition of St. Louis' corporate crown jewel. The company today announced that it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States, about 75 percent of them (1,050 jobs) in St. Louis. According to ... More >>

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    Striker's Guilt

    Chesterfield's Paul Guyot feels isolated from his fellow picketers in Hollywood.

  • News

    May 16, 2007

    Bad Blood

    Ever hear the one about the unions and the convention bureau?

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Lee Way

    Is the P-D the "red-headed stepchild" of the Lee empire?

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Nuclear Option

    A new weapon is unveiled to end the beer battle

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Well, Where Have You Been Grocery Shopping These Last Three Weeks?

    Week of November 5, 2003

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Strike Three

    Managers park semis, regulars get crabby and allegations fly

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Mayor

    T.R. Carr Hazelwood

  • Film

    August 20, 2003

    Sol Brothers

    Mondays in the Sun takes a whimsical look at unemployment on the coast of Spain

  • Film

    August 13, 2003

    Series/Festivals

    Week of August 13, 2003

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    Purple Power

    In less than four years, Grant Williams has turned a weak union local into one of Missouri's most potent political forces. So why's he placing all his bets on One-Term Bob?

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Answering the Call

    IRS employees bring Jesus to the office -- and manage to raise Cain

  • Restaurants

    April 2, 2003

    Happy Hour

    Casa Gallardo

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    More Please, Sir

    Posties want a raise -- a big one

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    In the Line of Fire

    An Olivette firefighter becomes the target of the city manager

  • Culture

    October 10, 2001

    Labor Pains

    The New Line Theatre presents a legendary play that tackles unions, press, religion, the rich, even musicians and artists

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Pipe Schemes

    The powerful Pipefitters union has a simple plan to provide job security for its members: It wants to take away other people's work.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    MAYDAY, MAYDAY, TWA UNION EXEC GOING DOWN

    Did Tom Brown's tough stance against the W-1W Lambert expansion plan cost him his union position?

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    JUST DESERTS

    Al DeLassus loses both a bid to become secretary-treasurer of Local 655 of the United Food and Commercial Workers and his shop-steward job

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Greasing the Skids

    Unicom takes flak over flacking for Wal-Mart

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    NORMA RAE, R.N.

    Nurses at St. John's Mercy Medical Center vote to unionize

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Short Cuts

    Nurses at St. John's Mercy Medical Center vote to unionize

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Internal Bleeding

    St. John's Mercy Medical Center alienated their RNs when they turned to less experienced caregivers to save money. Now they're paying for it.

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    Historial Present

    St. John's Mercy Medical Center alienated their RNs when they turned to less experienced caregivers to save money. Now they're paying for it.

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    Computing Salaries

    St. John's Mercy Medical Center alienated their RNs when they turned to less experienced caregivers to save money. Now they're paying for it.

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