The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is excited to host La Crosse’s 11th Annual Kids Free Fishing Day – June 3, 2023. The event will be held on Saturday June 3, 2023 at Chad Erickson Memorial Park in La Crosse. The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is teaming up with Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Boots on the Ground conservation […]
Read More →La Crosse’s 11th Annual Kids Free Fishing Day – June 3, 2023
on June 1, 2023in News, Western WI Newstags: Ace Hardware of La Crosse, community service, family activities, family fun, fishing, free, kids fishing day, la crosse, Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, western wisconsin afl-cio, wisconsin, Wisconsin DNR, wwaflcio

AFGE Scores Huge Victory at Supreme Court in Case Involving Dual-status National Guard Technician
on May 24, 2023in News, Western WI Newstags: afge, collective bargaining rights, dual-status technicians, Everett Kelley, Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, FLRA, labor disputes between the dual-status technicians, National Guards Federal Labor Relations Authority, supreme court, union

In a major victory for AFGE, the Supreme Court May 18 ruled in favor of the union, preserving collective bargaining rights for dual-status technicians working for National Guards in a civilian role. The Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has jurisdiction over labor disputes between the dual-status technicians and the National […]
Read More →Dancers at Los Angeles club become US’s only unionized strippers
on May 24, 2023in News, Western WI Newstags: 2023, actors equity, bankruptcy, California, Chris Smalls, dancer safety, dancers, exocotic dancers, health insurance, highly physical work, mental health support, North Hollywood, Rage Against the Machine, safe jobs, sexual harassment, Star Garden, Star Garden Topless Dive Bar, strippers, Tom Morello, union, union orgiznating, union orgiznating victory, unionization, unionized, unionized strippers, unsafe working conditions, Workers, workplace injuries

After months of late-night picketing in North Hollywood, the dancers of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar have become the only unionized strippers in the US. Their victory was finalized with a unanimous vote by 17 dancers in favor of unionization on Thursday morning , and marks the first time that the Actors Equity association, […]
Read More →The WWAFLCIO Just Received Notice of the Passing of a Dear Union Brother
on April 6, 2023in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, American Cancer Society, Bakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, BCT & GM Local 22, cancer, Community Services Labor Liaison, coulee region, Coulee Region Food Drive, Dan Hanson, Daniel P. Hanson, Great Rivers United Way, la crosse, local labor council, mona hanson, obituary, organized labor, United Way, western wisconsin afl-cio, wwaflcio

Daniel P. Hanson, 71, passed away on Monday October 31, 2022, after losing a courageous battle with cancer. Dan was retired from BCT & GM Local 22 (Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union) and served on the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO Executive Board for more than a decade. Dan worked tirelessly for many […]
Read More →Veterans Day 2022 – Facts & Numbers
on November 16, 2022in News, Western WI News

Veterans Day 2022: November 11 Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the […]
Read More →Resurgent Labor Movement Empowers All Workers
on September 6, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, empowering, family supporting jobs, Labor Day, Labor Unions, louis brandeis, president, Stephanie Bloomingdale, union support, us supreme court, wisconsin afl cio, worker safety, Workers, wwaflcio

By Stephanie Bloomingdale, President, Wisconsin AFL-CIO This Labor Day, as we enjoy the day off that has become a cherished American part of our late summer calendar, let’s take a moment to reflect on the history this holiday commemorates and role our resurgent labor movement is playing going forward. By the late 1800’s, the Industrial […]
Read More →Did you know that there’s no federal minimum crew-size requirement for freight trains?
on August 30, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, blet, blet 13, freight railroad, safety, ttd, worker safety, wwaflcio

Members of our newly re-joined affiliate BLET 13 and other freight railroad workers need our help. Did you know that there’s no federal minimum crew-size requirement for freight trains? Freight trains can be upwards of three to five miles long and they often carry flammable or hazardous material through populated communities across America. If the […]
Read More →Why is Starbucks’ union drive is so successful while Amazon’s got stuck in the mud…
on July 13, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, Amazon, anti-union, progressive employees, retail, starbucks', sucessful, union, union drive, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Workers United

In a historic win in December, baristas in Buffalo voted to make their Starbucks the first of more than 9,000 corporate-operated Starbucks in the US to unionize. Since then, 143 other Starbucks have unionized and workers at 120 other locations have petitioned for union elections. In another historic victory, a vote count on 1 April […]
Read More →Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021) – Notable Quotes of Remembrance
on September 7, 2021in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Biden, joe biden, labor, Labor Day, Labor Unions, Muriel Cooper, president, richard trumka, Sherrod Brown, trumka, unions

Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021) Our brother and AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka passed away on August 5, 2021, at the age of 72.The labor movement, the AFL-CIO and the nation lost a legend. Rich devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership […]
Read More →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

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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