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 →Local Unionists Assist with the 2024 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
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Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
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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 News, Western WI 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
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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 […]
Read More →La Crosse Labor Day 2023 – Thank the Few Who Served the Many
on September 5, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America’s labor federation, America’s labor movement, benefits, Copeland Park, family friendly, family supporting jobs, history, Labor Day, labor day parade, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor day parade marshal, Mike Davis Jr, Public Service, terry hicks, thank you, unions, volunteer, western wisconsin afl-cio
La Crosse Laborfest 2023 thanks the following volunteers. There would not have been a La Crosse Labor Day Parade & Fest without their dedication and help. While many Coulee area residents celebrated Labor Day with picnics, barbecues, family reunions, and by enjoying the festivities at Copeland Park this year, it was the dedicated few who […]
Read More →Red Cross Workers Secure Fair Contact, Call off Holiday Strike
on December 17, 2022in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, afscme, AFSCME Local 1205, AFSCME Local 1558, american red cross, fair wage, family supporting jobs, insurance benefits, negotiation, strike, union
AFSCME Locals 1205 and 1558 have ratified new contracts with the American Red Cross, calling off a strike slated to take place on December 23 during the holiday blood drive. “From the beginning, all the workers wanted was for their hard work to be recognized by their bosses with a fair contract,” said AFSCME Council […]
Read More →Resurgent Labor Movement Empowers All Workers
on September 6, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, empowering, family supporting jobs, Labor Day, Labor Unions, louis brandeis, president, Stephanie Bloomingdale, union support, us supreme court, wisconsin afl cio, worker safety, Workers, wwaflcio
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By Stephanie Bloomingdale, President, Wisconsin AFL-CIO This Labor Day, as we enjoy the day off that has become a cherished American part of our late summer calendar, let’s take a moment to reflect on the history this holiday commemorates and role our resurgent labor movement is playing going forward. By the late 1800’s, the Industrial […]
Read More →Message from President Liz Shuler on Biden’s award to Trumka
on July 7, 2022in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America, American workers, Biden, dignity, family supporting jobs, former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, honored, joe biden, Liz Shuler, nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously, president, Presidential Medal of Freedom, richard trumka, Shuler, thank you, tribute, trumka, union, working people, wwaflcio
• This afternoon (July 7, 2022), President Biden posthumously honored former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor. • In awarding the medal, President Biden said: “No one did more work for American workers than he did. For Rich, his work was synonymous with the word that […]
Read More →Labor Day 2021 Op-Ed
on August 26, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Biden, family, family friendly, family supporting jobs, General Vice President, iam, IAM District Lodge 66, iamaw, la crosse, Labor Day, labor movement, Labor Unions, Midwest Territory, nternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, president, Steven Galloway, union, western wisconsin afl-cio, worker safety, working families, workplace safety
Labor Day 2021 Op-Ed Steven M. Galloway General Vice President, Midwest Territory International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers It’s Labor Day – a day to celebrate workers. But why, as Americans, have so many of us resolved to quitting our jobs instead of banning together to effect change in our workplace? A recent report […]
Read More →National AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka Passes Away
on August 5, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 72, afl-cio, american, Biden, coal, COVID-19, democracy, Elizabeth Shuler, family supporting jobs, job losses, joe biden, labor federation, labor movement, Lawyer, lee saunders, mine, Pandemic, President Joe Biden, richard trumka, steelmaking, trumka, UMWA, United Mine Workers of America, washington dc, worker safety, worker-centered trade, Workers, workers rights, workplace safety
National AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, one of the country’s most powerful labor leaders and an influential voice in many Washington debates, died unexpectedly on August 5, 2021, at the age of 72. Trumka died on a camping trip with his family after suffering a heart attack, President Biden told reporters, saying Trumka was a close […]
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