{"id":6293,"date":"2022-04-07T07:35:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2022-04-07T07:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:35:58","slug":"st-louis-union-organizing-gains-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2022\/04\/07\/st-louis-union-organizing-gains-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Union Organizing Gains Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KSKD Channel 5 describes the growing unionization movement in St .Louis.\u00a0 The StL has always been a labor stronghold but it&#8217;s getting stronger as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/news\/local\/st-louis-labor-leaders-unprecedented-interest-unionization\/63-a33a8ef7-8707-4cdb-b7a0-97660a80152e\">St. Louis labor leaders report unprecedented interest in unions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;We have more activity now than I have had in my 34 years on staff. It&#8217;s unbelievable,&#8221;\u00a0UFCW Local 655 President David Cook said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Cook&#8217;s union added new members Monday when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCW655\/status\/1511063649552674818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Root 66 medical marijuana dispensary voted to join the group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;When you have some victories, people gain real wage increases and protection on the job, you are going to see more people flocking to the movement or taking to the street to demand that their jobs are recognized,&#8221; Cook said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.shutterstock.com\/mosaic_250\/261419098\/1813234735\/stock-photo-male-hand-placing-a-block-with-word-we-on-a-blocks-tower-with-words-we-are-stronger-together-1813234735.jpg\" alt=\"Male hand placing a block with word 'we' on a blocks tower with words 'we are stronger together'. Beautiful orange background. Business concept. Copy space.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(free graphic via stockvault.net)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KSKD Channel 5 describes the growing unionization movement in St .Louis.\u00a0 The StL has always been a labor stronghold but it&#8217;s getting stronger as St. Louis labor leaders report unprecedented interest in unions. &#8220;We have more activity now than I have had in my 34 years on staff. It&#8217;s unbelievable,&#8221;\u00a0UFCW Local 655 President David Cook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6294,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions\/6294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}