Unions

The St. Louis Police Officers Association’s new contract with the city would be voided if the state takes control of the department, which is being considered by the Missouri legislature

The officers say they work for less than other area cops to patrol streets that are more dangerous.

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.

Updated at 4:30 p.m. July 14th, with legal opinion from lawyers supporting St. Louis RisingLeaders behind a petition effort to put airport privatization…

The transit union that represents MetroBus and MetroLink workers voted Monday to reject Bi-State Development’s most recent proposed new employment…

Wearing bright blue T-shirts with the slogan “U.S. Mail — Not for Sale,” about 80 postal workers gathered Monday in downtown St. Louis.They joined postal…

St. Louis County may no longer require contractors bidding for work to have apprenticeship programs — a longstanding priority for labor unions.The County…

This week’s election edition of Politically Speaking looks into the referendum over Missouri’s right-to-work law — and the GOP primary for state…

Updated, 7:40 p.m. with statement from Washington University —About 120 full-time faculty members who aren’t eligible for tenure at Washington University…

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum is joined by colleague Stephanie Lecci and St. Louis…