KC nurses unionize

Management at the Menoreh Medical Center in Kansas City will now have to deal with a union. The hospital’s nurses have voted to join a union. 57% of those voting agreed to go along with the union. Menorah nurse Judy Kaptelzinsky says patients won’t have to...

Prosecutors and proud union members!

Assistant prosecutors in Jackson County have voted to join a union. More than 90% of about 70 assistants who work in Kansas City have voted to join Local 42 of the International Association of Fire Fighters. A spokesman for the group says it chose the...

Union claims Lazy Boy wrongs

The rejection of a union by workers at the Lazy Boy furniture company in southwest Missouri has brought a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board. A September 11th hearing is scheduled in Neosho. The Paper Allied Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers...

AFL-CIO pledges help for dems

You can expect organized labor to play an important role in efforts to elect the Gore-Lieberman ticket in November. That’s the word from John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. He says his organization will be very active in Missouri. It is one of the so-called...

Kansas City deals with teacher shortage

The head of the Kansas City teachers union says the school district might not have such a big teacher shortage if it treated teachers better. The district is short 250 teachers, with the opening of schools only 24 days away. Kansas City is setting up an...
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