La Crosse Labor Day Parade and Fest 2023 As Coulee Region residents prepare to celebrate Labor Day, the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is pleased to announce the continuation of a 132-year tradition, the La Crosse’s Labor Day Parade & Fest, this year held on Monday, September 4th. The parade step-off takes place at 10:00 AM from […]
Read More →Press Release: La Crosse Labor Day 2023
on August 31, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, beer, brats, Copeland Park, diet pepsi, hot dogs, Labor Day, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor day parade marshal, Liz Shuler, Lost Lake Beer, miller lite, mountain dew, open to the public, pepsi, soda, terry hicks, vergan burgers, western wisconsin afl-cio
Labor Day Parade & Fest 2023 – All Are Welcome
on August 31, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, beer, brats, Copeland Park, diet pepsi, hot dogs, Labor Day, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor day parade marshal, Lost Lake Beer, miller lite, mountain dew, open to the public, pepsi, soda, terry hicks, vergan burgers, western wisconsin afl-cio
Our Labor Day celebration starts at 10 am with a ten-block family-friendly parade beginning at the intersection of Gillette Street and Kane Street, ending after the procession crosses at the intersection of St. Cloud Street and Copeland Avenue. After the parade, festivities move to Copeland Park with free kids’ games, same day raffles, and other […]
Read More →Introducing our (WWAFLCIO’s) Newest Affiliate – IATSE 13
on July 8, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: affiliate, afl-cio, exhibitions, IATSE, IATSE 13, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, James B. Wood, live theater, Matthew D. Loeb, motion picture and television production, motion picture animator, stagehand, theater usher, trade shows, wendell bell, western wisconsin afl-cio, wwaflcio
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 13 is the longest standing arts related worker organization in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) metro area. Chartered in January of 1894, IATSE Local 13 has proudly represented the interests of the men and women working behind the scenes of area theatres for 129 years. In 1999, […]
Read More →AFGE Membership Continues to Skyrocket Throughout 2023
on July 8, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, membership, tsa, unions, western wisconsin afl-cio, working families, wwaflcio
This May (2023), AFGE added the most members in one month to our union in eight years and recruited the most members of any May in over a decade. It also marked eight months of consecutive growth for our union. Not only is that a good sign for the overall strength of our union, it’s […]
Read More →Germany: New strike of workers in the multinational Amazon
on July 6, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: Amazon, germany, Leipzig, multinational companies, World Federation of Trade Unions
June 27, 2023 The World Federation of Trade Unions, a trade union organization representing 105 million workers who work, live, and struggle in 133 countries across five continents, expresses its international solidarity with the new strike of workers in the multinational Amazon. The workers of Amazon’s warehouses in Leipzig, Germany are on 2-days strike, demanding […]
Read More →Harrison Ford, co-star Waller-Bridge support unions
on June 27, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, harrison ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, SAG-AFTRA, sga, wga, wgaw
Harrison Ford, co-star Waller-Bridge support unions Harrison Ford and his “Indiana Jones” co-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge spoke in support of the ongoing writers’ strike as they premiered the franchise’s fifth film in London on Monday (June 26, 2023), with Ford saying he will walk out if contract talks between Hollywood’s actors’ union and major studios break […]
Read More →Take Kids Fishing Day 2023 – The Afterglow
on June 9, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 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
Union Made Fun: Take Kids Fishing Day 2023 “This is what it is all about. You see all the kids running around, smiling after they caught a fish. They’re all laughing and playing, it’s great,” said Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Mike Davis Jr at Chad Erickson Memorial Park in La Crosse. “Not only do kids […]
Read More →La Crosse’s 11th Annual Kids Free Fishing Day – June 3, 2023
on June 1, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived 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
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 →AFGE Scores Huge Victory at Supreme Court in Case Involving Dual-status National Guard Technician
on May 24, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived 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 WWAFLCIO Archived 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, […]
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