La Crosse LaborFest 2022 Monday, September 5th, 2022 Parade at 10 am. Food, drinks, BINGO, same day raffles & games follow (11 am) Copeland Park 1130 Copeland Park Drive La Crosse, WI 54603 Sponsor: Western Wisconsin Central Labor Council (WWAFLCIO) Our WWAFLCIO Labor Day celebration starts at 10 am with a ten-block family-friendly parade beginning […]
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on August 16, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, beer, bingo, brats, celebration, community event, Copeland Park, family activity, family friendly, games, hot dogs, la crosse, Labor Day, parade, pepsi, raffles, snacks, temporary tattoos, union, vegan burgers, western wisconsin afl-cio, Western Wisconsin Central Labor Council, wwaflcio

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 →AFGE Wins! VA Closure Commission Is Dead
on July 12, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afge, afl-cio, AIR, AIR commission, congress, MISSION act, National Defense Authorization Act, service members, VA, VA facilities, veterans, veterans administration, wwaflcio

AFGE applauds the announcement of a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including a majority of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, that they would block the confirmation of the nine-member Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission that would have considered closing or eliminating services at hundreds of VA facilities nationwide. These senators took action after months […]
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 […]
Read More →Help our Brothers & Sisters in NALC 59 & APWU 360
on February 11, 2021in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, apwu, apwu 360, Biden, family supporting jobs, jobs, nalc, nalc 59, nrlca, President Biden, President Joe Biden, USPS, USPS Board of Governors, wwaflcio

Help our Brothers & Sisters in NALC 59 & APWU 360 The pandemic has proven just how critical our postal service is. Whether it’s deliveries of ballots and voter guides, care packages from family across the country or life-saving medicine, the USPS has kept us connected when we need it the most. But those essential […]
Read More →COVID-19 Pandemic Resources (updated)
on June 10, 2020in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, download, guidance, labor movement, novel coronavirus, OSHA, Pandemic, prevention, resources, State of Emergency, unions, Wisconsin workers, worker safety, workplace safety

INDUSTRY SPECIFIC GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES (General Guide & Resources listed after the industry specific listings) Airline Workers Information, resources and updates for workers in the airline industry from the Flight attendants, Air Line Pilots and Machinists unions. General guidance and recommendations for airlines and airline workers from the CDC, Federal Aviation Administration, and OSHA, and […]
Read More →With deep sadness and a heavy heart…
on November 5, 2018in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, family supporting jobs, justice, labor, Neuenfeldt, Phil Neuenfeldt, Stephanie Bloomingdale, wisconsin afl cio

It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO joins newly-elected WI AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale in informing readers of the passing of Phil Neuenfeldt, President Emeritus of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, who died in his home yesterday (Sunday). Phil was one of the truly great leaders of our labor movement. […]
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