April, 2021 - Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO

Amazon won the Alabama union fight. But don’t mourn – organize

on April 19, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Amazon, comment, E-commerce, green eggs and ham, Jeff Bezos, President Biden, PRO Act), pro-labor groups, Protecting the Right to Organize Act, Retail industry, rwdsu, tiktok, union busting, US politics, wwaflcio

By Indigo Olivier The entire country has just seen the lengths corporations will go to prevent workers from unionizing. ‘More than anything, this defeat stressed the importance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) which would ban captive audience meetings, severely limit corporate interference, invalidate right-to-work legislation and strengthen collective bargaining […]

The 2020 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” has been released

on April 19, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, Biden, BLS, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, MSHA, obama, OSHA, safety, trump, worker safety, wwaflcio

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2020 National AFL-CIO (entire report available for download [PDF] and the bottom of this story) The 2020 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” report marks the 29th year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for […]

Union-approved candidate Jill Underly Elected Next Superintendent

on April 19, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: Dr. Jill Underly, Stephanie Bloomingdale, superintendent of public instruction, wisconsin, wisconsin afl cio, wisconsin politics, wwaflcio

President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement on the results of Wisconsin’s 2021 Spring Election: “It’s been a year since Wisconsin voters showed up in the beginning days of the pandemic to vote for new leaders to support a more equal and just Wisconsin. Today, Wisconsin voters continued the call for […]