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Green Bay, March 26-28: WI AFL-CIO Community Services Conference

http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/ The annual Community Services Conference will be held March 26, 27, and 28 in Green Bay at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center.  The Community Services Conference is a call to action — with the hope that education and information provided will allow participants to become more involved in both the labor movement and […]

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Milwaukee, March 19: No Confidence: Christopher Manney Appeal Hearing

No Confidence: Christopher Manney Appeal Hearing Calling All Concerned Community Members: Dontre Hamilton was shot 14 times in Red Arrow Park on April 30, 2014 by Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney. Manny was subsequently fired from the force; however, not for the murder of Dontre, but for violating Hamilton’s constitutional rights by performing an out […]

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Madison, March 17: Vote in Action: Money for Jail or for Community

Vote in Action: Money for Jail or for Community The issue of whether or not to spend money on the jail has come to a vote and it’s time for Madison to stand up and let the County Board know that we want that money spent on black lead initiatives that will help address the […]

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Call Mayor Walsh and SIGN online petition to REHIRE fired USW 8751 Leaders NOW!

http://bostonschoolbus5.org/callmayor-sign/ Tell Mayor Walsh -Reinstate the fired USW 8751 leaders NOW! Call in every day 3/16 – 3/20 SIGN online to send email to Mayor, City Council, BPS and Veolia

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Madison, March 14: Funeral Services for Tony Robinson to be Held at East High School

Visitation will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, with a service at 4 p.m., East High School, 2222 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53704 Robinson’s mother, Andrea Irwin, speaking at a rally on the East Side Wednesday afternoon March 11, said the funeral would be open to the public. “I want everyone to be there,” […]

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United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) 2015 Conference May 8-10

http://www.unacconference2015.org/ The world is being ravaged by endless U.S. wars, both open and secret; life-threatening global warming and environmental destruction; devastating poverty and disease. Here at home we face unprecedented attacks on labor, immigrants, the poor and oppressed; a massive and racist prison-industrial complex; the increasing militarization of the police and an epidemic of police […]

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Message From the WI AFL-CIO: Forward In Solidarity

http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/ Political attacks against working families are marching across the United States.   From Michigan to Indiana, Missouri to West Virginia – working people and their unions are facing extremist politicians who rather do the bidding of those who fund their campaigns than the people they took an oath to serve. Unfortunately, Wisconsin’s democracy is the […]