Missouri AFL-CIO

06/05/2026

Congrats to workers at Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) for winning their union election, with over 65% voting yes to joining CWA Local 6360!

MCPL is one of the largest library systems in America, covering three counties across KCMO and serving over 880,000 residents!

Last week, workers at Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) decisively won their union election, with over 65% of union eligible workers voting yes to joining CWA Local 6360.

06/02/2026

As Americans cut back on groceries and gas, Missouri Republicans have put Amendment 5 on the ballot which could RAISE TAXES on groceries AND gas!

06/02/2026

Sunset Hills, MO – Nearly 30 apprentices with the Missouri-Kansas Laborers District Council (MKLDC) recently celebrated graduating to journeymen status during a ceremony that took place at the Laborers Local 110 union hall here. “These graduates put in the hard work, training, and dedication req...

06/01/2026

🚨Our economy is in trouble 🚨 Washington keeps siding with billionaires over working people.

Meanwhile, US corporate profit margins sit at their all-time high.

American workers are producing more and keeping less than at any point in history. It’s time for change!

05/30/2026

I am proud to announce that my campaign is endorsed by the Missouri AFL-CIO.

It can be easy for office seekers and politicians to say they support working people and unions, but its harder to fight every day for unions and economic justice.

I first joined the labor movement while I was still in high school, when I first became a member of UFCW Local 655 working at Schnucks. As a 20-year old college student and brand new shop steward I helped maintain a strong 24-hour picket line at my store during the 2003 Schnucks lockout, successfully protecting our healthcare benefits.

Over the years I've been on countless picket lines, and demonstrations standing alongside workers fighting for dignity and fair treatment at work, and I will always be there fighting for our rights.

05/30/2026

Congratulations to my dear friends at UA Local 178 on the ribbon cutting of their new training facility and on celebrating 120 years of building, piping and serving the Springfield community. We are thankful for the generations of skilled plumbers and pipefitters who have taken care of us since 1905. Congrats! 🎉

05/30/2026

As a direct result of Republican policy changes, health insurance premiums rose by an average 114% to $1,905 annually.

More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment than in past years, according to data through April from half a dozen states ​that sell the plans themselves.

05/30/2026

Troy, IL – Despite rain and intermittent thunderstorms, smiles stretched across Tri-Township Park as young anglers reeled in fish and created memories during the first Take Kids Fishing Day event here hosted by International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 58 and the U...

05/29/2026

Let's hear it for our newest graduating class from the Apprenticeship Ready Program in Construction, Mid-Missouri Cohort 9! Over the past weeks, we have watched them learn, grow, and gain the confidence and skills that will carry them far in their futures in the trades. Congratulations!

05/26/2026

“It is a new low, even for corporate interests, to use artificial intelligence to steal our identity and lie to the public,” said Brandon Flinn, business manager for the Missouri-Kansas Laborers District Council (MKLDC). “A computer-generated image doesn’t have a mortgage to pay or groceries to buy, but our members do. To use our symbols to promote a policy that hurts working families is a moral insult and a desperate attempt to manufacture support for a dangerous proposal.”

Tax proposal would have devastating impact on working families By TIM ROWDEN Editor-in-Chief Area unions have sent cease-and-desist letters to the organizers behind the corporate-backed “MO Tax Relief Now” demanding the immediate removal of deceptive, AI-generated posts on their social media. Th...