The United Automobile Workers (UAW) have confirmed that one of their members, Roy McCombs, has died after he was hit by a car outside of the GM facility in Tennessee on Tuesday (October 22, 2019). McCombs, who worked at the Spring Hill plant, was struck by a car at 6 AM while crossing the street […]

AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRADE Without Fixes, We Must Oppose the New NAFTA September 2019 When the new NAFTA was signed, the AFL-CIO warned that we would oppose the agreement without major changes. As we said in our March 2019 Executive Council statement, the labor movement will mobilize to defeat the new NAFTA if […]

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement. Unions are pushing for more than just lip service from presidential candidates, which is prompting a flurry of pro-labor proposals from Democratic candidates. Mr. […]

This Labor Day, working people in every corner of the Coulee Region have good reason to be proud. Labor is on the rise; we are marching banding together. Working families are refusing to accept business as usual. The 128th Annual La Crosse Labor Day Parade, sponsored by the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO, is scheduled for Monday, […]

More than 70 local youngsters participated in the 8th Annual La Crosse Area Take Kids Fishing Day at Chad Erickson Memorial Park on Sunday, June 2. A joint effort by the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO and the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), the free community event was aimed at introducing the next generation of anglers and conservationists […]

8th Annual Kids Free Fishing Day – Sunday June 2nd, 2019 Note Venue Change for 2019: Chad Erickson Memorial Park in La Crosse  For the eighth year, the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is teaming up with Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Boots on the Ground conservation program to host the Annual Take Kids Fishing Day from 9 […]

The UFCW union family has been proud to help lead the development and stabilization of the emerging cannabis sector through their innovative Cannabis Workers Rising campaign, which has existed since 2010. The UFCW represents tens of thousands of cannabis workers across multiple states. UFCW members in the legal cannabis industry work in growing and cultivating […]

Working People in La Crosse Honored Those Injured or Killed on the Job and Call for Change Local workers from various industries and occupations including; firefighters, public sector workers, transportation workers, and community members were joined by La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat, Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Tyler Tubbs, and Deb Marsolek (sister of a fallen […]

The union representing tens of thousands of striking Stop & Shop workers declared victory Sunday after it reached a tentative agreement with management to increase wages and preserve employee benefits that were under threat. “The people, united, will never be defeated. Thank you to the Stop & Shop workers for your sacrifices and all those […]