As Senator for Wisconsin’s 32nd senate district, Brad Pfaff has a 100 percent Wisconsin AFL-CIO working families voting record. “We know that once in Congress, Senator Pfaff will continue to fight for the rights of all Wisconsin workers in order to advance a fair and just economy. As a lifelong Wisconsinite, Brad Pfaff deeply understands […]

Why is Labor Day a holiday and what are we celebrating? The U.S. Department of Labor writes that Labor Day is “… is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.” In between the grilling and the visiting of family and friends this Labor Day, we invite you to take a […]

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 […]

La Crosse LaborFest 2022 Monday, September 5th, 2022 Parade at 10 am. Food, drinks, BINGO, same day raffles & games follow (11 am) Copeland Park 1130 Copeland Park Drive La Crosse, WI 54603 Sponsor: Western Wisconsin Central Labor Council   (WWAFLCIO) Our WWAFLCIO Labor Day celebration starts at 10 am with a ten-block family-friendly parade beginning […]

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 […]

AFGE applauds the announcement of a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including a majority of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, that they would block the confirmation of the nine-member Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission that would have considered closing or eliminating services at hundreds of VA facilities nationwide. These senators took action after months […]

• 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 […]

The Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is pleased to announce the return of this event in 2022. The 10th annual Kids Free Fishing Day will be held on Saturday June 4th at Chad Erickson Memorial Park in La Crosse. The local labor council is teaming up with Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Boots on the Ground conservation program […]

On May 1, 1886, Chicago unionists, reformers, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national movement for an eight-hour day. Between April 25 and May 4, workers attended scores of meetings and paraded through the streets at least 19 times. On Saturday, May 1, 35,000 workers walked off their jobs. […]