Join Experis video game workers Tuesday, July 2, 2024, for a solidarity action outside Manpower Group in downtown Milwaukee. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union members who work at Experis Games Solutions, a part of Manpower Group, are holding a Solidarity Action to call on Manpower to reach a fair first contract. […]
Read More →Show your Solidarity with Experis Game Solutions Workers
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Brother Mike Koziara – Rest in Peace
on July 1, 2024in News, Western WI Newstags: bmwe, bmwe 509, Koziara, Labor Unions, Mike Koziara, obituaries, selfless, Teamsters, union, vice president, volunteer, wwaflcio
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Mike Koziara, vice president emeritus of the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO, passed away at the age of 64 on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at his home. He was born February 28, 1960, to Stanley and Linda Koziara. He married Joan Lodoen on September 30, 1989, in Barre Mills, Wisconsin. He was a lifelong railroad employee with […]
Read More →Couleecap Has Served 1 Million People Since 1966
on May 9, 2024in News, Western WI Newstags: 2023 Couleecap Annual Report, A Million Reasons, aflcio, Community Action Agency, coulee region, Couleecap, Crawford, education, employment, energy, executive director, family planning clinic, family supporting jobs, food, Head Start, Hetti Brown, housing, la crosse, Monroe, poverty, transportation, union, Vernon, weatherization, western wisconsin afl-cio
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Couleecap Has Served 1 Million People Since 1966 Couleecap, the Coulee Region’s Community Action Agency since 1966, has served 1 million people in Crawford, La Crosse, Monroe, and Vernon Counties since opening its doors to fight poverty. The milestone was recently announced in the latest annual report titled, “A Million Reasons”, which highlights stories of […]
Read More →Enjoy This Hops & Barley Humor as you’re sipping on your Union-made Beer
on October 10, 2023in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, barley, beer, Benjamin Franklin, Brian O'Rourke, bud, Budweiser, cheers, Cliff Clavin, CWA, Dave Barry, Henny Youngman, hops, ibew, ibt, iue, iuoe, Jack Handy, la crosse, lost lake amber beer, Lost Lake Beer, miller beer, miller lite, Norm, uaw, wisconsin, wwaflcio
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Union-made beer list at the bottom of this post “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer, I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out […]
Read More →Veterans Day 2022 – Facts & Numbers
on November 16, 2022in News, Western WI News
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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