Former La Crosse Mayor John Medinger, Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Mike Davis Jr, and family members of those who died on the job joined local workers from various sectors such as electricians, plumbers, and construction workers as well as public service workers, transportation workers, and members of the community. They gathered at Green Island Park […]
Read More →Local Working People in La Crosse Honored Those Killed on the Job and Called for a Stop to Cuts to Workplace Safety in Pursuit of Profit
on April 29, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: 2025, aflcio, April 28, april 28 2025, brad pfaff, Brooke Baures, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, death, died, Green Island Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, la crosse tribune, larry humfeld, mourning, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, niosh, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, summary, trump, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Grove, Workers Memorial Day, workplace death, wwaflcio

Workers Memorial Day – 2025
on April 16, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2025, aflcio, April 28, april 28 2025, brad pfaff, Brooke Baures, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Green Island Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, mourning, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, trump, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Grove, Workers Memorial Day, wwaflcio
Workers Memorial Day – 2025 The families and friends of Western Wisconsin workers will gather at Green Island Park in La Crosse on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 5pm to honor workers who perished while at work and to call for action on hazards that cause unnecessary injury, illness, and death. In 2023, 5,283 workers […]
Read More →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

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 […]
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 →Announcing WWAFLCIO’s Annual Service Dedicated to Workers Memorial Day – 2023
on April 6, 2023in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2023, aflcio, April 28, april 28 2023, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Chad Erickson Memorial Park, Kerrie Baures, la crosse, mourning, Occupational Safety and Health Act and Mine Safety and Health Act, OSHA, safe workplaces, safety, Western Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin workers, Workers Memorial Day, wwaflcio
April 28, 2023 5pm Chad Erickson Memorial Park in La Crosse Advanced Registration Optional – Click Here The families and friends of Western Wisconsin workers will gather at Chad Erickson Memorial Park on Friday, April 28, 2023 to honor workers who perished while at work and to call for action on hazards that cause unnecessary injury, […]
Read More →Did you know that there’s no federal minimum crew-size requirement for freight trains?
on August 30, 2022in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, blet, blet 13, freight railroad, safety, ttd, worker safety, wwaflcio

Members of our newly re-joined affiliate BLET 13 and other freight railroad workers need our help. Did you know that there’s no federal minimum crew-size requirement for freight trains? Freight trains can be upwards of three to five miles long and they often carry flammable or hazardous material through populated communities across America. If the […]
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