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Wisconsin Workers Organizing


Wisconsin Workers Organizing

The State of Working Wisconsin features stories of worker organizing in Wisconsin, focusing on four unique campaigns and providing workers' perspective.

Labor movement in Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin's first labor unions were formed in Milwaukee in the mid-19th century. The bricklayers organized in 1847 and the carpenters in 1848.

Wisconsin workers are organizing. How much leverage do they ...

They are running traditional union drives as well as demanding raises, better schedules or benefits through organized groups.

Worker Justice Wisconsin

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Resources to Support and Inform Workers Seeking to Organize

... Worker Justice Wisconsin which supports worker organizing ... Worker Justice Wisconsin which supports worker organizing and provides training on workers rights ...

About Us - Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

As the labor movement, we fight to raise wages, improve workplace safety, protect worker freedom to collectively bargain and for strong contracts that build ...

Worker Organizer – Wisconsin Jobs Now – Madison, WI

Summary Worker Organizer needed for full-time work in Milwaukee. Primary responsibilities will be organizing low-wage workers around a campaign to raise ...

More Wisconsin workers are organizing. How much leverage do ...

“I think that we have a context where workers, individually and collectively, are demanding more of work,” said Laura Dresser, ...

2023 was a big year for unions. Wisconsin labor leaders want to ...

The state also saw efforts by workers to form new unions in Wisconsin. That includes beer vendors at Lambeau Field organizing, Planned ...

Unions and Labor Relations - Wisconsin Legislative Documents

The law prohibits an employer and a labor organization from entering into an agreement that requires membership in a labor organization as a condition of ...

The Birth of the Labor Movement | Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin's first unions were formed in Milwaukee. The bricklayers union was founded in 1847, and the carpenters union in 1848.

States are pushing back with anti-labor laws as union popularity ...

Growing union organizing across the country has triggered an anti-labor legislative response in some states, but cities and counties are ...

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

Wisconsin Workers Mobilize to Elect Harris-Walz, Tammy Baldwin, Pro-Worker ... The Protecting the Right to Organize Act passed the House on March 9 ...

Wisconsin Civil Rights and Labor Standards Laws

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development administers a number of civil rights and labor standards laws which vary considerably in their coverage and ...

Report: Wages, Union Organizing Rise in Wisconsin as Workers ...

Report: Wages, Union Organizing Rise in Wisconsin as Workers Demand Better Conditions · Post navigation · Recent Posts · Recent Comments · Site ...

More union organizing in Wisconsin - Spectrum News

Since October of 2021, workers at 16 organizations statewide have filed for union representation. That would include about 650 employees across ...

Wisconsin workers show renewed energy after decade of anti-union ...

While union leaders say private sector efforts to organize are on the rise, formerly unionized employees switch tactics, using a collective ...

Labor Day: It's better in a union - Wisconsin Examiner

It is a chance to celebrate the many contributions organized labor has made to the lives of Wisconsin workers and to our society as a whole.

NLRB Issues Rule to Radically Change Union Organizing

On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) put forth a change to the law of union organizing not seen in our lifetimes.

Workers' Movements - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

For many, the future strength of the labor movement in Wisconsin and Milwaukee may depend upon how actively unions are able to associate their causes with those ...