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Federal project labor agreement proposal fuels debate across local industry
A federal proposal to implement an executive order for project labor agreements for federal projects worth $35 million or more has sparked debate within Wisconsin’s construction industry.
Biden praises unions during Labor Day stop
During a stop in Milwaukee on Labor Day, President Joe Biden praised union labor, saying they "built the middle class."
UW Health nurses plan to issue strike notice Friday
Hundreds of nurses who work for UW Health plan to notify administrators of their intention to strike if they don't recognize their union in a protracted battle to regain bargaining rights.
OPINION: Sweetheart union deal will undermine Inflation Reduction Act’s clean-energy agenda
As President Joe Biden signed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, taxpayers, construction industry small businesses and climate change activists are sounding alarms about controversial labor policies in the […]
ON THE LEVEL; Through tough time for unions, Schmitt never lost sight of benefits of collective bargaining
With his father the president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, John Schmitt grew up with an almost inevitable appreciation of the benefits of unions.
Senators urge CNH Industrial to offer striking workers more
A group of U.S. senators led by Vermont independent Bernie Sanders is lending its support to workers at two CNH Industrial plants who have been on strike for better pay and benefits for more than a month.
Wage violations alleged on Minn. project
The local carpenters union and worker representatives said Thursday that dozens of construction workers have been shortchanged for labor performed on Viking Lakes in Eagan, Minnesota, a mixed-use project developed by the owners of the Minnesota Vikings.
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: Milwaukee officials, labor leaders observe Workers Memorial Day
Workers, labor leaders and elected officials gathered on Thursday at Zeidler Union Square on Milwaukee’s near west side to observe Workers Memorial Day in honor of workers who have died or been injured on the job.
NLRB lawyer seeks to toss out company meetings on unions
The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board will ask the board to rule that mandatory meetings held by some companies to persuade their workers to reject unions is a violation of federal labor law.
Union workers on strike at Sheboygan manufacturing company
More than 265 union workers at a manufacturing company in Sheboygan went on strike Monday after the two sides failed to a agree on a labor contract that expired Friday.
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
April 1 may go down as a pivotal day in the history of American unions. In a result that could reverberate in workplaces across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor […]
Biden’s high court choice defies expectations on labor cases
Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. Yet a look back at Jackson's decisions in cases involving business and labor suggest that she won't always rule as they want or expect her to.
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