Carpenters Union

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters shuttered its St. Louis regional council. Oversight of St. Louis-area union locals will now come from the organization’s Chicago office. Pat White of the Greater St. Louis Central Labor Council and political scientist Anita Manion of UMSL discuss the fallout.

After months of pushing airport privatization in St. Louis, the group behind a controversial ballot initiative wants it removed from the Nov. 3 ballot.

The St. Louis NAACP and the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council announced plans Wednesday to force a public vote on whether the city can…

The St. Louis chapter of the NAACP and the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council are calling on the city to resume talks on privatizing St.…

For more than a month, an 8-foot inflatable rat has stood outside the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council on Hampton Avenue. Members of the…

The St. Louis County Council has overridden County Executive Steve Stenger's veto of legislation that does away with a requirement that contractors…

The construction industry is booming. Nationally, employment in the sector increased by 303,000 over the past year, reaching a 10-year high, according to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 12, 2013 - As St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay heads into the final lap of his historic bid for a…