Join us on Labor Day! The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO (WWAFLCIO) will celebrate Labor Day on Monday, September 7th, 10am-2:45pm. Kids activities include a “fishing” booth, temporary tattoos, and a “hidden” money sawdust pile. LaborFest is free and open to the public. There will also be Tool/Equipment Raffles, BINGO, and a 50-50 Raffle! An advanced […]
Read More →Join us on Labor Day – Sept 7 for Festivities at Copeland Park
on September 2, 2026in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, beer, benefits, bingo, brats, burgers, comradery, Concessions, Copeland Park, family friendly, family supporting jobs, history, holiday, hot dogs, la crosse, La Crosse Loggers, Labor Day, labor day parade, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor day parade marshal, Mike Davis Jr, parade route, Public Service, raffles, snacks, soda, thank you, tim padesky, unions, volunteer, western wisconsin afl-cio, wwaflcio
Working People Are Hurting, Want and Need Unions More Than Ever
on September 2, 2026in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, angry, benefits, child care, cost of living, David Binder Research, expensive, family friendly, family supporting jobs, Gallup, gas, groceries, history, holiday, hurting, la crosse, Labor Day, Liz Shuler, Public Service, record high. President Shuler, rent, Shuler, Trust in unions, volunteer, western wisconsin afl-cio, working people, wwaflcio
Shuler’s ‘State of the Unions’: Working People Are Hurting, Want and Need Unions More Than Ever In her fourth annual “State of the Unions” address, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler emphasized the pain working people are feeling, the lack of trust working-class voters have in politicians and that electing pro-worker candidates will rely […]
Read More →Orange Julius Cesar strips rights from Working Americans
on April 10, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afge, afl-cio, aflcio, afscme, aft, apwu, bac, collective bargaining union rights, CWA, economic stability, epi, Executive Order, family supporting jobs, iam, iamaw, IFPTE, LIUNA, Liz Shuler, nalc, national security, public health, safe jobs, safety, Stephanie Bloomingdale, trump, wisconsin, wisconsin afl cio, workers rights
The Trump administration issued a new executive order stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government. Advocates for working people condemned the move. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: Straight out of Project 2025, this executive order is the very definition of union-busting. It strips the fundamental right to […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →State Election Recap and Forward
on November 7, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, baldwin, elections, family supporting jobs, gwen moore, job safety, mark pocan, pride, pro-labor, Senator Tammy Baldwin, State Superintendent for Public Instruction, tammy baldwin, ten seat pickup, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, union, union workers, WI AFL-CIO, wisconsin Supreme Court, work continues, wwaflcio
WI AFL-CIO As the dust settles on an unprecedented election, Wisconsin’s union members are proud of our accomplishments and are looking to the future. Vice President Kamala Harris has been a stalwart champion of workers and organized labor, and we are disappointed she did not succeed in her historic campaign for President. We know she […]
Read More →Labor Day Parade and Fest 2024 in La Crosse
on August 27, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, benefits, Copeland Park, family friendly, family supporting jobs, history, john d medinger, john medinger, la crosse, Labor Day, labor day parade, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor day parade marshal, Mike Davis Jr, minor detour, parade route, Public Service, thank you, unions, volunteer, western wisconsin afl-cio
Labor Day Parade and Fest 2024 in La Crosse Labor Day is more than just a holiday, it represents a celebration of the victories of workers in their fight for fair wages, decent working conditions, and recognition on the job. The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is pleased to announce the continuation of a 133-year tradition: the […]
Read More →Local Unionists Assist with the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
on May 30, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, aft 6502, annual food drive, community assistance, coulee region, donating food, family supporting jobs, food, food drive, Great Rivers United Way, IAM 1115, ibew 14, La Crescent Food Shelf, La Crosse Hunger Task Force, largest one-day food drive, local food banks, Melanie Cary, Mike Davis Jr, nalc, nalc branch 59, National Association of Letter Carriers, Onalaska Food Basket, poverty, second Saturday in May, stamp out hunger, two billion pounds of food, union, volunteering to help, WAFER, Western Wisconsin, western wisconsin afl-cio
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 […]
Read More →Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
on May 9, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, annual food drive, community assistance, coulee region, donating food, family supporting jobs, food, food drive, Great Rivers United Way, ibew 14, largest one-day food drive, local food banks, nalc, nalc branch 59, National Association of Letter Carriers, poverty, second Saturday in May, stamp out hunger, two billion pounds of food, union, volunteering to help, Western Wisconsin, western wisconsin afl-cio
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)’s annual food drive is largest one-day food drive in the nation. The NALC effort is held annually on the second Saturday in May in 10,000 cities and towns in every part of the country. Residents put out non-perishable food donations on that day, which letter carriers collect as […]
Read More →Couleecap Has Served 1 Million People Since 1966
on May 9, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2023 Couleecap Annual Report, A Million Reasons, aflcio, Community Action Agency, coulee region, Couleecap, Crawford, education, employment, energy, executive director, family planning clinic, family supporting jobs, food, Head Start, Hetti Brown, housing, la crosse, Monroe, poverty, transportation, union, Vernon, weatherization, western wisconsin afl-cio
Couleecap Has Served 1 Million People Since 1966 Couleecap, the Coulee Region’s Community Action Agency since 1966, has served 1 million people in Crawford, La Crosse, Monroe, and Vernon Counties since opening its doors to fight poverty. The milestone was recently announced in the latest annual report titled, “A Million Reasons”, which highlights stories of […]
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
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 […]
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