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Labor Strikes and Disputes

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    More SIU-Carbondale Professors Threaten Strike

    Illinois' budget woes have placed heavy constrictions on the state's higher education system, putting professors' contracts in jeopardy and portending layoffs. The situation is nearing the boiling point at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus, where yesterday a fourth faculty union vot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    1,000 St. Louis Bricklayers on Strike

    city-data.comBricklayers' handiwork accents a typical St. Louis street.​St. Louis is renowned for its brick architecture, but don't expect to see a lot of new masonry going up in the immediate future. That's because as of 12 a.m. yesterday, the 1,000 members of Bricklayers Local 1 are on strike. T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    Play Ball

    city-data.comBricklayers' handiwork accents a typical St. Louis street.​St. Louis is renowned for its brick architecture, but don't expect to see a lot of new masonry going up in the immediate future. That's because as of 12 a.m. yesterday, the 1,000 members of Bricklayers Local 1 are on strike. T ... 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

    April 14, 2010

    Pinnacle Pays For "Interfering With, Restraining and Coercing Employees" At St. Louis Casinos

    Image viaLumiere Place employees get the last laugh in labor dispute​It's been a roller-coaster of a year so far for Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment. First the Missouri Gaming Commission revoked their license for the President Casino. Then they opened the fancy new River City Casino in Lema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Illinois Proposes Law to Prevent Labor Lockouts At Fairmount Park

    Horse racing fans celebrated yesterday like a gambler who just hit the daily double. A last-minute deal was reached to allow Fairmount Park to host 52 days of live racing in 2010, as opposed to the three days the track was stuck with after a prolonged labor dispute.It's not exactly a full schedule ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Friday, 11.21

    Man, A-B's rough year continues. Bud Light is no longer the world's best-selling beer. Meet Snow. (Guardian) Going to the U.K.? Order your meat well-done. British meat inspectors vote to strike! (Guardian) Another death in an eating competition, albeit a decidedly amateur one. Amateur com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8.21

    Man, A-B's rough year continues. Bud Light is no longer the world's best-selling beer. Meet Snow. (Guardian) Going to the U.K.? Order your meat well-done. British meat inspectors vote to strike! (Guardian) Another death in an eating competition, albeit a decidedly amateur one. Amateur com ... More >>

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    Striker's Guilt

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

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Pasta Strike

    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?

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Watermelon Slim

    10 p.m. Thursday, March 29. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups (700 South Broadway).

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    Unfinished Symphony

    The arrival of a brilliant conductor was drowned out by labor discord. Now the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra begins a new season -- with some strings attached.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Hot and Bothered

    Fight off the November chill with this extra-sizzlin' edition of Unreal (once we put our clothes back on, we'll check in with the Sanford-Brown Indians, pick up a few local papers and have our groceries bagged by inmates)

  • 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

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    News Clipped

    KMOX radio finds talk is cheap and news isn't

  • Culture

    February 28, 2001

    Treat Him Write

    Sam Hamm writes great scripts. So why do they rarely get made?

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