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Local Unionists Assist with the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

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Unionists had a busy day helping collect food donations for area pantries. They were collecting for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday May 11, 2024, in the La Crosse area. After collection, donations are sorted and distributed to food banks. This year’s food bank recipients include the La Crosse Hunger Task Force, WAFER, Onalaska […]

Support our UW System Workers in the Fight for the Public Higher Education for all Wisconsinites!!

on April 2, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aft, aft 3605, AFT 4999, aft 6502, aft 8407, aft-w, family supporting jobs, funding, public education, union, university of wisconsin, UW system administration, uw-madison, wwaflcio

For the past two decades, the UW system has been under attack: budget cuts combined with increased inflationary pressures have forced our faculty, staff, and students to do much more with much less. Republican legislators have weaponized common-sense resources for student success like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and, now, administrators in both UW System and […]

AFT 6502 holds rally at UW La Crosse to call attention to funding crisis

on March 11, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, aft, aft 6502, at-wi, college debt, college students, education, equal access, funding, public education, uapuwl, UW La crosse, wwaflcio

On March 1st, AFT 6502 (United Academic Professionals of UW-La Crosse), organized a gathering beneath the iconic campus clock tower. During this rally, they passionately appealed to both state lawmakers and the UW Board of Regents, urging them to increase the allocation of public funds towards the state’s higher education institutions. It is distressing to […]

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