June, 2021 - Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO

All Over Wisconsin – Union Organized Kids Fishing Day Events Successful

on June 11, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: Ace Hardware of La Crosse, AFGE 1346, AFL-CIO Investment Corporation, AFSCME Retirees Chapter 32 - Subchapter 101, AFT 4999, ATU 519, Bank of Labor, Buck Knives, Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, Carhartt, Eau Claire, family friendly, fishing, free, Greater West Central Labor Council, Humana, IAMAW 1115, IAMAW 21, IAMAW District Lodge 66, ibew 14, Iron Workers 383, Janesville, la crosse, madison, outdoors, Plano, Provost Umphrey, Take Kids Fishing Day, Thorogood, UA 434, Ullico, Union Insurance Group, Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, western wisconsin afl-cio, Western Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council, Wildgame

Take Kids Fishing Day has returned! Thanks to the efforts of Wisconsin union members, building trades councils, and local labor councils, hundreds of kids in Wisconsin got to experience the joys of fishing over the weekend. Participants learned tips for catching fish firsthand from union members and received a free fishing pole and picnic-style lunch and […]

UFCW Inks National Cannabis Deal(s)

on June 7, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Brian Young, Cannabis, CBD, hemp, Nature’s Root Labs, pro-union, Retail Wholesale & Department Store Union, rwdsu, Teamsters, ucommblog, UFCW, UFCW Local 1625, UFCW Local 7, Union Harvest, union-packed, union-sold products, unionize, United Food and Commercial Workers, USA union-made, wwaflcio

With CBD legal for purchase nationwide and cannabis becoming legal in more and more states, these industries are becoming a new industry to organize. This organizing is being led by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), their sister union the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and the Teamsters. The UFCW, which is […]

The Senate Cannot Be the Graveyard for Labor Law Reform Again

on June 7, 2021in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, Amazon, America’s labor federation, benefits, collective bargaining, family-sustaining wages, filibuster, H.R.842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, HR 842, hyperpartisan, Jeff Merkley, Mitch McConnell, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Oregon, PRO Act), pro-worker, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, richard trumka, safe workplaces, unions, US Senator, Workers First Agenda, wwaflcio

The Senate Cannot Be the Graveyard for Labor Law Reform Again

By Richard Trumka & US Senator Jeff Merkley For months, the eyes of our nation were transfixed on a small suburb near Birmingham, Alabama Warehouse workers authorized the largest union election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The name of their employer is on over 5 billion […]

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