Maxwell ads questioned

The Missouri State Teachers Association has raised some concerns about claims used by one of the candidates in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor. It says state senator Joe Maxwell’s claims that he has endorsements of...

Labor Board Rules Against AWG

A federal labor board has asked Associated Wholesale Grocers to return to the bargaining table with the Teamsters Union. The regional National Labor Relations Board found in favor of the union’s complaints that Associated Grocers didn’t bargain in good...

AWG, Teamsers Failed to Reach Agreement

More than 12-hundred union workers in Springfield and Kansas City are out of work today after talks between the union and Associated Wholesale Grocers broke down last night. Teamsters leader Jim Kabell says the grocery store distributor has negotiated in bad faith...

Strike Likely Averted at Ford Plant

Maybe there won’t be a strike after all…union leaders say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the Ford Motor Company that could avert a looming walkout at the company’s Claycomo plant. Union president Jerry Kline says the compromise is...