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CALL NOW: No Cuts That Hurt Working Families, Kids and Retirees

on May 26, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, America, congress, Donald Trump, family friendly, family supporting jobs, labor movement, Medicaid, Medicare, snap, solidarity, worker safety

CALL NOW: No Cuts That Hurt Working Families, Kids and Retirees

Right now, the Senate is considering a budget that would have the largest cuts in history to Medicaid and to SNAP food assistance, as well as more cuts to retirement benefits for federal workers. Health care, food assistance, dignity in retirement—these programs are a cornerstone of a secure existence for working people. Here’s why: No […]

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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 […]

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Your Support is Needed: Stand with Boeing Workers!

on September 20, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, America's workforce, Boeing, California, collective bargaining, collective voice, communities, contract, fair wages, families, iam, IAM District 751, IAM District Lodge 66, IAM District W24, membership, middle class, negotiating, Oregon, safe work, solidarity, stand with Boeing workers, Support, support these workers, This is Our Future and Our Fight, union, Washington state, working families, wwaflcio

33,000 members of IAM District 751 and IAM District W24 just voted by 94% to reject Boeing’s contract offer. IAM wants to get back to the negotiating table ASAP to get a contract that the membership deserves! This is Our Future and Our Fight. IAM District 751 and District W24 represent Boeing workers in Washington […]

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Show your Solidarity with Experis Game Solutions Workers

on July 1, 2024in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: activism, aflcio, America, collective bargaining table, contract, dignity, equitable future, Experis, Experis Game Solutions, fair contract, fair pay, fair wage, family supporting wages, iam, iamaw, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAMAW District 10, living wages, Milwaukee, Organizing, power of solidarity, respect, solidarity, stand with them, strong unions, union, union activism, union rights, voice at work, We support you, wisconsin, work-life balance, Workers, workers coming together, workers of Experis Game Solutions, workplace, wwaflcio

Join Experis video game workers Tuesday, July 2, 2024, for a solidarity action outside Manpower Group in downtown Milwaukee. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union members who work at Experis Games Solutions, a part of Manpower Group, are holding a Solidarity Action to call on Manpower to reach a fair first contract. […]

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AFL-CIO Welcomes the NWSLPA as its 57th Affiliate

on September 23, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: #NoMoreSideHustles, 57th affiliate, advocates, afl-cio, campaign, careers, champions, dignity, fair pay, first contract, football, league, Liz Shuler, Meghann Burke, National Women’s Soccer League Players Association, negotiate, NWSL Players Association, NWSLPA, players, respect, side jobs, soccer, solidarity, workplace

The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA) becomes the AFL-CIO’s 57th affiliate after receiving a direct charter today (09/16/2021). The NWSLPA represents players who make up the 10 teams in the league, advocates for them as they navigate their careers, and champions the growth of the league and the women’s game. The NWSLPA, which […]

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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 […]

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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

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 […]

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Get to Know WWAFLCIO’s Affiliates: Painters

on September 3, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, iupat, painters, solidarity, union, wwaflcio

Our next deeper look at one of our affiliates is the Painters and Allied Trades. Name of Union: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Mission: To shape members’ communities through an abiding commitment to service, by fighting passionately for workers’ rights that benefit all working families and through effective and aggressive political mobilization. […]

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