Randolph Heaster
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Mechanics union close to vote on contract with American Airlines
May 31, 11:09 PMIt took four years for American Airlines and the mechanics union to negotiate a new contract, so perhaps an additional 10 weeks before a membership vote is completed is a relatively short time. Gordon Clark, president of Transport Workers Union Local 530 in Kansas City, said the union’s negotiating committee still has to finish the language later this month before the new contract is printed and mailed to 11,500 mechanics and related workers.
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Stadium service workers for Royals vote to join union
May 25, 4:57 PMThink of the stadium service employees at Kauffman Stadium as the adaptable utility players you find on every good baseball roster. “They kind of do all the odd jobs at the ballpark, from cleaning up to operating a forklift to loading and unloading trucks,” said Aaron Jones, a Kansas City organizer for the Service Employees International Union Local 1. “Whatever needs to be done, they take care of it.”
In-home caregivers unionize
May 17, 10:11 PMEighteen months after getting the go-ahead from Missouri voters, 12,000-plus in-home health care attendants are now represented by a union. Earlier this month, 60 percent of the nearly 3,500 home care workers who voted approved unionization.
Transportation unions hail new rule
May 10, 10:50 PMA 76-year-old transportation law was swept away Monday under a rule change announced by the National Mediation Board. The upshot is that workers in the airline and railroad industries will have an easier path to organizing.
Middle schoolers get field day in engineering, architecture, construction
May 8, 12:56 AMThe Metropolitan Community College-Business & Technology campus was the site of a competition last week among 1,000 area middle schoolers, introducing them to potential careers in architecture, engineering and construction.
