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Workers picket for unpaid wages from Madison developer 2026-03-11 [Channel 3000+]

USDA lost 24K workers under Trump, hurting critical resources for farmers 2026-03-11 [WPR]

Workers fired over union effort 2026-02-14 [WISN]

Evers Administration Unveils Largest Child Labor Case in State History 2026-02-07 [Urban Milwaukee]

Madison workers brave extreme cold to help others 2026-01-24 [WMTV]

Social Security workers’ union joins retiree group to rally at agency’s offices for better funding 2026-01-14 [WI Examiner]

FOX 11 Investigates: Former employees say embattled contractor owes them money 2026-01-12 [WLUK-TV]

ICE arrests of farm workers shake up Manitowoc County, a dairy powerhouse 2025-09-27 [Milwaukee Jrnl Sentinel]

UAW Local 95 sets up food pantry for striking workers 2025-08-15 [Channel 3000]

Bill Would Formally Designate ‘Gig Workers’ As Independent Contractors 2025-06-20 [Urban Milwaukee]

Madison’s unionized Starbucks workers walk out over new dress code, contract disputes 2025-06-07 [Daily Cardinal]

Anodyne Coffee workers unanimously vote in favor of a union 2025-06-06 [The Sentinel]

As Trump takes the Act 10 playbook national, Wisconsin workers have lessons to share 2025-03-31 [Tone Madison]

UAW Local 291 members at Cummins walk out on strike in Oshkosh, Wisconsin 2025-03-27 [UAW]

Statement from CWA on unfair labour practice charge against Activiison publishing subsidiary Raven Software 2025-03-13 [CWA]

‘No grad student makes a living wage in Madison’: Inside UW graduate worker union’s fight for better pay 2025-03-06 [The Badger-Herald]

New book argues Racine’s labor movement history is a ‘blueprint for worker solidarity’ 2025-01-15 [WPR]

Looking back at the bitter Patrick Cudahy strike of 1987-89 2025-01-02 [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Labor’s Future After Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Struck Down 2024-12-05 [Governing]

Wisconsin judge strikes down Act 10, decade-old law that stripped collective bargaining from all public employees except cops and firefighters 2024-12-03 [New York Times]

Unions score major win with court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights 2024-12-03 [PBS]

Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights 2024-12-03 [AP News]

Reaction to Ruling Restoring Wisconsin’s Union Rights 2024-12-03 [Civic Media]

Amazon delivery workers declared employees after Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling 2024-08-15 [Milwaukee Independent]

Harley-Davidson kicks American workers in the teeth by moving some production to Thailand 2024-08-15 [ Milwaukee Jrnl Sentinel]

Wisconsin judge to weigh lawsuit brought by public workers over collective bargaining restrictions 2024-05-29 [PBS]

Unions Heading to Court To Try To Overturn Wisconsin’s Ban on Collective Bargaining 2024-05-23 [The Sun]

Marquette University workers push to unionize 2024-04-12 [WPR]

Corn Milling Company Officials Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Deadly Explosion that Killed Five Workers 2024-02-17 [Office of Public Affairs / DOJ]

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin workers seek to unionize 2024-01-05 [WPR]

Experis Game Solutions Workers Win Vote to Unionize with the IAM 2023-12-03 [IAM]

Experis QA workers for Forza Motorsport, Starfield vote to unionize 2023-12-03 [GamesBeat]

Starbucks threatened to deny abortion travel benefits for workers seeking to unionize, judge says For more info 2023-10-30 [CBS ]

Starbucks charged with threatening to withhold benefits if workers unionize For more info 2023-10-21 [SHRM]

UAW workers speak out as strike continues 2023-09-27 [Spectrum News]

Union members, city leaders share thoughts on state of labor during Labor Fest 2023 2023-09-05 [WTMJ]

Unionized TruStage workers hold rally for bargaining agreement 2023-07-30 [WKOW]

Casa Tequila restaurant in Milwaukee area fails to pay workers, violates child labor laws 2023-07-25 [WKOW]

Workers on strike at Leinenkugel’s Brewery 2023-07-11 [WEAU]

Starbucks on State Street votes in favor of unionizatio 2023-06-19 [The Daily Cardinal]

Workers at State Street Starbucks win unionization election 2023-06-02 [UW-Madison Badger Herald]

Milwaukee DPW workers chased and shot at in paintball attack 2023-05-20 [WISN 12]

Unions pushing for safer workplaces on Workers Memorial Day For more info 2023-04-29 [CBS]

Details of contract between union workers and CNH released For more info 2023-01-25 [KCRG]

UAW Case Holland Workers On Strike For Justice! UAW 180 President Yasin Mahdi Speaks Out For more info 2022-12-13 [LVP]

Red Cross workers announce strike ahead of holiday blood drive For more info 2022-12-09 [Channel 3000]

NLRB finds that Activision withheld raises from union activists 2022-10-04 [Washington Post]

Scott Walker broke the unions. Now he says he's the ‘education governor' 2018-08-01 [Politico]

Epic workers aren't just mad, they're organizing 2020-08-06 [Tone Madison]

As health care workers protest vaccine mandates, experts say receiving unemployment isn't certain 2021-08-14 [WBAY]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-04-1968 In a church in Memphis, Tennessee, 10,000 citizens gather to hear what will be the last speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He will stress the similarities between the labour movement and that of civil rights. [more]

8-04-1911 An explosion at the Banner coal mine near Birmingham, Alabama, kills 128 prisoners rented to the company as miners, under a contract with the prison administration. [more]

10-04-1930 Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]

11-04-1934 Frank Norman is murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for organising citrus workers irrespective of their race. [more]

11-04-1974 United Mine Workers President W. A. “Tony” Boyle is found guilty of first-degree murder, for ordering the 1969 assassination of union reformer Joseph A. “Jock” Yablonski. Yablonski, his wife and daughter were murdered on December 30, 1969. [more]

14-04-1939 'The Grapes of Wrath', John Steinbeck's classic novel about itinerant labor, strikes and the Great Depression, is published. [more]

15-04-1889 Birth of labour and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph [more]

15-04-1916 The newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World union announced the formation of its Domestic Workers Union in Denver. [more]

15-04-1973 housands of members of the United Farm Workers union walked out on strike. They were battling the Teamsters union over the right to represent farm workers. The dispute ended with victory for the UFW. [more]

16-04-1970 A white foreman at a Chrysler plant in Detroit threatened to murder a black worker. When the worker complained Chrysler sacked him. 1,000 workers, white and black, walked out on strike in protest until management backed down. [more]

17-04-1944 Members of the militant machinists' union Lodge 68 in San Francisco began an overtime ban in pursuance of a new contract. They ended up fighting the employer, the government and even the Communist Party. [more]

18-04-1941 After 4 weeks of a boycott, New York bus companies agree to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics [more]

21-04-1967 New York Governor Rockefeller signs the Taylor Law, allowing unions in the public sector, but banning strikes. [more]

21-04-1920 The Anaconda Road massacre took place in Butte, Montana, when mine guards employed by the Anaconda company shot 17 striking miners, killing one. All were shot in the back as they tried to flee. No one was charged for the killing. [more]

21-04-1894 A nationwide strike of coal miners against pay cuts began. 145,000 miners walked out, and despite violent repression and facing starvation they held out for weeks and won some concessions. [more]

24-04-1999 The ILWU halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. [more]