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CALL NOW: No Cuts That Hurt Working Families, Kids and Retirees

on May 26, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, America, congress, Donald Trump, family friendly, family supporting jobs, labor movement, Medicaid, Medicare, snap, solidarity, worker safety

CALL NOW: No Cuts That Hurt Working Families, Kids and Retirees

Right now, the Senate is considering a budget that would have the largest cuts in history to Medicaid and to SNAP food assistance, as well as more cuts to retirement benefits for federal workers. Health care, food assistance, dignity in retirement—these programs are a cornerstone of a secure existence for working people. Here’s why: No […]

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Trump Receives a Blow – May Be a Sign of a Shift

on April 29, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: ACLU, afl-cio, AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department, aflcio, Alien Enemies Act, American Civil Liberties Union, deportation, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Donald Trump, Drew Ensign, Joyce Vance, justice, president, right-leaning Supreme Court, supreme court, trump, Trump administration, united states, Venezuelan, wwaflcio

Trump Receives a Blow – May Be a Sign of a Shift

The Trump administration’s plan to use powers under the Alien Enemies Act for deporting Venezuelan detainees has been put on hold by the Supreme Court. This order was made in less than eight hours after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) requested emergency relief, and was made without waiting for a government response, or waiting […]

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ACT NOW: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

on April 16, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: 2025, afge, aflcio, april 28 2025, bipartisan, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, federal workers, Green Island Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, mourning, niosh, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, trump, washington dc, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Grove, Workers Memorial Day, wwaflcio

ACT NOW: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

We’re facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers, including highly technical federal workers that keep us safe on the job. Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on […]

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NALC statement on DeJoy’s exit from USPS

on March 26, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, dejoy, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, louis dejoy, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, postmaster general, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, White House, wwaflcio

NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s exit from the Postal Service:  Today was Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s last day at the Postal Service. During his tenure, NALC worked in good faith with DeJoy on behalf of our 295,000 active and retired members. The USPS Board of Governors‘ […]

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Trump’s FBI Director Tells Workers To Ignore Elon Musk’s Job Ultimatum

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, ben blanchet, Brian Renfroe, cnn, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive Order, fbi, firing, government agency, huffington post, kash patel, musk, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, new york times, obligation, opm, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

  Newly-confirmed FBI director Kash Patel, a loyalist to President Donald Trump, told bureau employees late Saturday to hit “pause” on responding to an Office of Personnel Management inquiry that billionaire Elon Musk warned could result in ousters among the federal workforce. Patel — a “deep state” conspiracy theorist who has a list of dozens […]

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Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service

on February 23, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, aflcio, agency, America, apwu, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, trust, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, White House, wwaflcio

Mark Dimondstein, President, APWU The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department. If this reporting is true, it would be an outrageous, unlawful attack on a storied national […]

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NALC statement on Trump’s executive order attacking the Postal Service

on February 21, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, agency, America, Brian Renfroe, Commerce Department, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Executive Order, firing, government agency, nalc, National Association of Letter Carriers, obligation, Postal Board of Governors, postal service, President Donald Trump, privatization, public Postal Service, reorganization, trump, universal service, veterans, Washington Post, wwaflcio

NALC statement on Trump’s executive order attacking the Postal Service   NALC President Brian L. Renfroe released the following statement regarding reports from The Washington Post that President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order firing the members of the Postal Board of Governors and placing the agency under the control of the Commerce […]

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AFL-CIO President: ‘Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Immigrant Workers and Their Families Weaken America

on January 22, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: abusive bosses, afl-cio, AFL-CIO President, aflcio, America, billionaires, birthright citizenship, corporate billionaires., country, Donald Trump, economic disaster, economy, education, Elon Musk, executive orders, extremist, family supporting jobs, fear, greedy corporations, health care, immigrant workers, injury, injury to all, labor movement, Liz Shuler, President Donald Trump, Republican, solidarity, supporting working families, trump, unconstitutional attacks, usa, worker safety, working people, workplace safety, wwaflcio

The executive orders President Donald Trump signed amount to an unprecedented attack on immigrant workers and their families that will weaken our economy and our country. While Trump and extremist Republican leaders propagate divisive rhetoric about immigrants to stoke fear, working people know that our fellow workers aren’t the problem—the real threat is billionaires like […]

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Midwest, New York, and West Coast Teamsters Join Their Union Brethren in Endorsing Harris

on September 20, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2024, afl-cio, aflcio, battleground states, brewery, championing labor, Donald Trump, endorsement, fair wage, Governor Tim Walz, harris, Kamala Harris, Michigan, Nevada, NLRB, old style beer, one million Teamsters, Pennsylvania, presidential election, Project 2025, right to organize, safe work, Teamster Retirees, Teamsters, Teamsters Joint Council 13, Teamsters Joint Council 25, Teamsters Joint Council 28, Teamsters Joint Council 32, Teamsters Joint Council 39, Teamsters Joint Council 40, Teamsters Joint Council 42, Teamsters Joint Council 43, Teamsters Joint Council 7, Teamsters Local 120, Teamsters Local 122, Teamsters Local 186, Teamsters Local 202, Teamsters Local 237, Teamsters Local 238, Teamsters Local 344, Teamsters Local 396, Teamsters Local 572, Teamsters Local 623, Teamsters Local 769, Teamsters Local 848, Teamsters Local 89, Teamsters National Black Caucus, truck drivers, union, unions, ups, Vice President Kamala Harris, walz, wisconsin, worker safety, working families, wwaflcio

Teamsters’ unions across the country, including in key battleground states of Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, have rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. Collectively, these unions represent one million Teamsters. These local Teamsters have committed to immediately begin knocking doors and engaging in other voter contact efforts across the battlegrounds. Many […]

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Trump Says Freeze Federal Workers Pay

on December 5, 2020in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, America’s labor movement, buffoon, Donald Trump, Everett Kelley, labor, labor union, Labor Unions, trump, village idiot biden

After promising a 1% raise he is backtracking Trump is on his way out, but he is using his last few weeks in office to continue his war on federal workers. As negotiations continue over the 2021 pay for federal workers, Trump has released a statement backing a Republican proposal that would freeze wages for […]

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