By Karen Stokes This Christmas the MBCTC will be delivering construction toys collected through the Dream It, Achieve It toy drive to the Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club. During an upcoming … [Read more...]
African American Women Crucial to the 2016 Election
By Karen Stokes The 2016 election is said to be one of the most important elections in our recent history. Battleground states are close and African American women voters could make the … [Read more...]
Hillary Clinton Statement on AFL-CIO Endorsement
The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of labor unions, representing 12.5 million members, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president—the latest sign that progressive organizations are uniting … [Read more...]
United Way and Milwaukee Area Labor Council AFL-CIO aim to collect more donations in third annual blanket drive
By Mrinal Gokhale With this month’s frigid temperatures rising, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County and Milwaukee Area Labor Council AFL-CIO are collecting blanket and sleeping … [Read more...]
Nationwide movement for a living wage strikes Milwaukee
Fast food workers in Milwaukee walk off the job, call for wage increase, right to a union without retaliation Inspired by recent workplace actions in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit, … [Read more...]
Another media voice silenced in Milwaukee
AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press publishes final issue Compiled by Courier Staff It’s been a little more than a month since Milwaukee radio station WMCS the “Talk of the Town” was silenced, now … [Read more...]