Mike Cunningham

JEFFERSON CITY — The House has approved 83-74 a proposal that would require secret ballot in some elections, including those for unions.

The resolution came about after debate about the federal Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow union organization…

Sen. John Loudon will unveil a campaign Tuesday to preserve the requirement for secret-ballot elections to certify labor bargaining units.

Loudon’s group, which calls itself Missouri Save Our Secret Ballot, plans to present petitions to the secretary of state to change…

Gephardt

For the third day in a row Wednesday, Barack Obama made a key appointment to his economic team.

And, for the third day in a row, no mention of who would represent the Labor Department on his cabinet.

Obama continues to put off…

Political donors will often hedge their bets by giving to both candidates in a competitive race.

But, in this month’s contest for Missouri governor, Wal-Mart found a way to make sure it was backing the winner: Wait until the polls close.

Campaign…

Slay

A few months ago, members of the unions that represent municipal workers were picketing City Hall, angered that a pay package they had negotiated had been taken off the table at the last minute amid budgetary concerns from Mayor Francis…

Alderman Stephen Conway today called on the city’s personnel chief to be removed from office as negotiations over employee pay raises remain in a stalemate.

Earlier this year, personnel director Richard Frank helped negotiate a proposed salary increase with the unions that…

The Arch City Chronicle is keeping tabs on the rumor mill: They’ve got outgoing State Sen. Maida Coleman mulling a potential bid for the mayor’s office.

Coleman’s name has been linked to other offices since she arrived in Jefferson City. Two…

State Senate hopeful Robin Wright-Jones today announced the support of outgoing schools superintendent Diana Bourisaw.

“I support Robin Wright-Jones for her support of public education and the St. Louis public schools,” Bourisaw said in a release from the campaign. “These are challenging…

State Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia and a candidate for Missouri attorney general, just announced that he’s received the endorsement of  Unite Here!

Unite Here! represents the employees in the industrial, textile, hotel, and restaurant workforce and the union of needletrades.

Said Unite Here! International…

The Democratic Party’s push to re-gain the White House is slowly but surely drifting from the nomination process to the November election.

But are the unions already there?

The Missouri AFL-CIO, along with the state’s bricklayers’ union, announced today that dozens of…