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 […]
Read More →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
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 […]
Read More →How Unions are Bargaining Coronavirus Protections
on March 18, 2020in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aft, bargaining, basketball, CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, CWA, download, ford, gm, guidance, ibew, labor movement, ncaa, novel coronavirus, OSHA, Pandemic, prevention, protections, resources, State of Emergency, uaw, ucommblog, unions, Wisconsin workers
With coronavirus spreading throughout the world, workers in a number of industries have faced uncertain futures. Sports leagues have been canceled, and jobs have shut down. However, for some union members, there is good news. For the last few weeks, unions have been negotiating and bargaining with companies to get back pay or new protections […]
Read More →We (unions) See An Opening In The Wake of ‘Janus’ Ruling
on February 13, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, afscme Janus, aft, family supporting, Janus Ruling, union, worker justice, worker rights
The last year has been a whirlwind for the labor movement. There have been unexpectedly positive developments, like the forceful rise in teacher activism across the country, and negative ones, like the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which found that unions could no longer collect agency fees for bargaining from workers who do not pay membership […]
Read More →Welcome back to the fight! This time I know our side will win (AFT Chapter 6502)
on June 8, 2018in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: affiliate, aft, AFT chapter 6502, uapuwl, union
“Welcome back to the fight. This time I know our side will win,” Victor Laszlo, Casablanca (played by Paul Henreid). UAPUWL, AFT (AFT chapter 6502) represents faculty at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and […]
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