Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Mike Davis Jr recently got the chance of a lifetime to meet President Biden. After the president gave a speech pushing his $1 trillion infrastructure plan at the La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility in Wisconsin, Davis was one of a select few union leaders chosen to meet the president backstage. “This […]
Read More →WWAFLCIO President Meets President Biden in Wisconsin
on July 31, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: America, Biden, Crown Cork and Seal, family supporting jobs, IAM 1115, IAM District 66 Directing Business Representative, IAM District Lodge 66, infrastructure, Jana Kirch, jobs, La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility, Mike Davis Jr, politics, president, President Biden, solidarity, tammy baldwin, Tony Evers, transportation, union, White House, wisconsin
Top Ten Things that Trump has done to Hurt Labor Unions (video)
on March 7, 2020in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Labor Unions, NLRB, politics, trump
The History Making 30th Binennial Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Convention
on September 28, 2018in Western WI AFL-CIO News Archivetags: afl-cio, family supporting jobs, Phil Neuenfeldt, politics, Stephanie Bloomingdale, tammy baldwin, trumka, union, wisconsin, women
Delegates to the 30th biennial Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Convention made history by electing Stephanie Bloomingdale (AFT) as the state federation’s first-ever woman president. She will serve alongside newly elected Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Delie (USW). Speaking at the convention, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) honored the fighting spirit of retiring Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt and […]
Read More →A Heartfelt Thank You from Mahlon Mitchell
on August 17, 2018in News, Western WI AFL-CIO News Archivetags: afl-cio, mahlon mitchell, politics, thank you, wisconsin
First, I have to say thank you to everyone who supported me in this campaign. I’ve been inspired and honored by the support I’ve received this year. It was truly humbling to see how this state rallied around my campaign and believed in my mission and values. Although Tuesday (August 14th) didn’t go exactly the […]
Read More →Trump, the Worst President in American History
on April 6, 2018in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: Donald Trump, Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, politics, president, robert reich, trump
America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump have we had a president who combined all these nefarious qualities. America’s great good fortune was to begin with the opposite – a superb moral leader. […]
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