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Local Working People in La Crosse Honored Those Killed on the Job and Called for a Stop to Cuts to Workplace Safety in Pursuit of Profit

on April 29, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: 2025, aflcio, April 28, april 28 2025, brad pfaff, Brooke Baures, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, death, died, Green Island Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, la crosse tribune, larry humfeld, mourning, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, niosh, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, summary, trump, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Grove, Workers Memorial Day, workplace death, wwaflcio

Local Working People in La Crosse Honored Those Killed on the Job and Called for  a Stop to Cuts to Workplace Safety in Pursuit of Profit

Former La Crosse Mayor John Medinger, Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Mike Davis Jr, and family members of those who died on the job joined local workers from various sectors such as electricians, plumbers, and construction workers as well as public service workers, transportation workers, and members of the community. They gathered at Green Island Park […]

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Trump’s OSHA: Fewer Investigations, More Deaths

on January 27, 2020in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, CWA, death, Donald Trump, NELP, OSHA, trump, Workers Memorial Day, workplace death, workplace safety

The Trump administration has drastically cut back on OSHA enforcement activities and put working Americans at risk, according to a  report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP). In the past three years, considerably fewer OSHA workplace inspections have been conducted than in any three-year period during the Obama or Bush administrations. In addition, OSHA […]

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GM Striker Dies on Picket Line

on October 30, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, death, gm strike, local 1853, spring hill, uaw strike, worker death

The United Automobile Workers (UAW) have confirmed that one of their members, Roy McCombs, has died after he was hit by a car outside of the GM facility in Tennessee on Tuesday (October 22, 2019). McCombs, who worked at the Spring Hill plant, was struck by a car at 6 AM while crossing the street […]

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