Wisconsin AFL-CIO Endorses Mary Burke for Wisconsin Governor (April 2, 2014) – After a collaborative and democratic process involving workers and leaders across the state, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke for Wisconsin Governor in the 2014 November election. Gov. Walker has attacked workers’ wages, protections and collective bargaining rights, […]

Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO gifts Congressman Kind a book to “commemorate” the 20th Anniversary of the failed NAFTA Trade Agreement La Crosse, January 6, 2014 — The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO Central Labor Council has just sent Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown’s book “Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed” to Congressman Ron Kind’s […]

Time to write eulogy for unions? No way Is the labor movement dying because of Act 10 or have the media jumped the gun? Reading the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, one might conclude it is time for labor to throw in the towel — give up, take a long walk on a short pier. Walker would […]