Labor Unions

Union workers at area Schnucks, Dierbergs, and Shop'n Save ratified a three-year contract with the supermarkets late Wednesday night. Members of United…

Fast food workers around the globe and in St. Louis went on strike Thursday. Workers, wearing black T-shirts that say "Show Me $15," rallied in front of a…

'Right-to-work' legislation in the Missouri House hit a snag Wednesday.Although House Bill 1770 received first-round approval, it fell four votes short of…

Roughly a thousand labor union members crowded onto the south lawn of the state Capitol Wednesday to rally against legislation to turn Missouri into a…

Jefferson Cowie is a professor in Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations teaching courses in labor relations, law and history. His…

Republican lawmakers in Missouri are again trying to pass so-called "paycheck protection" legislation to bar some unions from automatically withholding…

When Republican Steve Tilley was speaker of the Missouri House, he flatly told fellow Republicans that he would not bring up any bills to make Missouri a…

A bill to turn Missouri into a right-to-work state was the subject of a hearing in Jefferson City Monday.As written, the so-called "Freedom to Work Act"…

Updated noon Monday, Jan. 13Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joined Ford officials in Detroit on Monday to highlight the automaker’s production in Missouri, most…

Governor Jay Nixon (D) has announced an agreement with St. Louis-area labor unions leaders designed to further entice Boeing into awarding its 777X…