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2021’s Annual Labor Day Parade and Festivities in La Crosse Canceled

on August 19, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2021, American economy, asafe on the job, COVID-19, economic assistance, educate, hazard pay, la crosse, Labor Day, Labor Day Parade and Festival, labor movement, madison, masks, outbreak, paid sick days, Pandemic, public, public health considerations, solidarity, train, unemployment benefits, unions, vaccinating, variant, virtual meetings, washington dc, western wisconsin afl-cio, wisconsin, worker safety, wwaflcio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is announcing that 2021’s La Crosse Labor Day Parade and Festival will be canceled due to uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and its variant virus(es). We hope area residents can safely recognize Labor Day and the solidarity it brings while staying safe and healthy. Unions have […]

All Over Wisconsin – Union Organized Kids Fishing Day Events Successful

on June 11, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: Ace Hardware of La Crosse, AFGE 1346, AFL-CIO Investment Corporation, AFSCME Retirees Chapter 32 - Subchapter 101, AFT 4999, ATU 519, Bank of Labor, Buck Knives, Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, Carhartt, Eau Claire, family friendly, fishing, free, Greater West Central Labor Council, Humana, IAMAW 1115, IAMAW 21, IAMAW District Lodge 66, ibew 14, Iron Workers 383, Janesville, la crosse, madison, outdoors, Plano, Provost Umphrey, Take Kids Fishing Day, Thorogood, UA 434, Ullico, Union Insurance Group, Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, western wisconsin afl-cio, Western Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council, Wildgame

Take Kids Fishing Day has returned! Thanks to the efforts of Wisconsin union members, building trades councils, and local labor councils, hundreds of kids in Wisconsin got to experience the joys of fishing over the weekend. Participants learned tips for catching fish firsthand from union members and received a free fishing pole and picnic-style lunch and […]

Walker big loser – 5 takeaways from Wisconsin’s spring election

on April 6, 2018in News, Western WI AFL-CIO News Archivetags: Eric Holder, gop, madison, Rebecca Dallet, tcot, walker, wipolitics, wisconsin Supreme Court

Daniel Bice Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The political mailers have all been sent and recycled, the campaign ads are off the air and all the ballots have now been counted. This is what we can take away from this spring’s general election. 1. Gov. Scott Walker got the message — loud and clear: The biggest losers […]

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