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Union Construction Jobs Safer than Non-Union

on December 9, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, construction, ibew, IBEW Media Center, safety first, union safe, work, Workers Memorial Day

A new study shows non-union jobsites have 3 times more fatalities It may not be news to those in the business, but new numbers back up what IBEW and other union construction members already know: there’s safety in a union. “New York’s Building Trades Employers Association, which represents more than 1,300 contractors in New York […]

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GM Striker Dies on Picket Line

on October 30, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: aflcio, death, gm strike, local 1853, spring hill, uaw strike, worker death

The United Automobile Workers (UAW) have confirmed that one of their members, Roy McCombs, has died after he was hit by a car outside of the GM facility in Tennessee on Tuesday (October 22, 2019). McCombs, who worked at the Spring Hill plant, was struck by a car at 6 AM while crossing the street […]

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Maine-based company cited by OSHA after heat-related death in Nebraska

on October 30, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived News

A Maine-based company has been cited after a heat-related fatality in Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Smith Mountain Investments LLC faces $18,564 in penalties after the July death, stemming from work at a jobsite in Inman, Nebraska. OSHA said an employee became ill while performing extreme physical activity […]

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AFL-CIO Statement on Trade

on September 27, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, fair trade, free trade, nafta, trade, trump, wwaflcio

AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRADE Without Fixes, We Must Oppose the New NAFTA September 2019 When the new NAFTA was signed, the AFL-CIO warned that we would oppose the agreement without major changes. As we said in our March 2019 Executive Council statement, the labor movement will mobilize to defeat the new NAFTA if […]

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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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Stand Up and Be Recognized: Recent Worker Wins

on September 3, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, afsa, atu, Baristas, bbh, iam, opeiu, Organizing, SAG-AFTRA, Spott Coffee, UFCW, wgae, win

Stand Up and Be Recognized: Worker Wins The latest roundup of worker wins begins with actors and actresses winning new contracts and includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. SAG-AFTRA Signs New Agreement with Ad Agency BBH After 10-Month Strike: After a strike that lasted 10 months, SAG-AFTRA has […]

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AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

on September 3, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, richard trumka, trumka, union, western wisconsin aflcio

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement. Unions are pushing for more than just lip service from presidential candidates, which is prompting a flurry of pro-labor proposals from Democratic candidates. Mr. […]

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Labor Day 2019

on August 27, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: 2019, afscme, atf, atu, blet, candy, coulee region, family, fun, iamaw, ibew, la crosse, Labor Day, parade, parade route

This Labor Day, working people in every corner of the Coulee Region have good reason to be proud. Labor is on the rise; we are marching banding together. Working families are refusing to accept business as usual. The 128th Annual La Crosse Labor Day Parade, sponsored by the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO, is scheduled for Monday, […]

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Back Family Supporting American jobs, purchase union made school supplies

on August 7, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: american jobs, back to school, family supporting, school supplies, union, union-made

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8th Annual Kids’ Fishing Event a Success

on June 5, 2019in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: AFSCME 1449, AFSCME Retirees 101, AFT 4999, ATU 519, BCT & GM 22, blet 13, family friendly, fishing, free, IAMAW 1115, IAMAW 21, IAMAW DL 66, ibew 14, kids, OPEIU 277, Plano Synergy, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, pure fishing, Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, tubbs, UA 434, union, Work Boots on the Ground

More than 70 local youngsters participated in the 8th Annual La Crosse Area Take Kids Fishing Day at Chad Erickson Memorial Park on Sunday, June 2. A joint effort by the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO and the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), the free community event was aimed at introducing the next generation of anglers and conservationists […]

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