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June 30, 2009:  More than 20,000 faculty members at two midwestern universities are one step closer to good union contracts.   Read More >>

The President's Choices:  Read News Articles & Features Suggested by David Newby, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.

The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Now Has Its Own Blog!

230 Economists Voice Support for EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE. The Employee Free Choice Act is absolutely necessary to help workers rebuild the economy, according to a statement signed by 230 economists.

The AFL-CIO, representing over 11 million working women and men in the United States, expresses its deep concern over the immediate situation in Iran, following the contested election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  Read More>>

President David Newby attends Capitol Hill Press conference with Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, receives award from national organization Progressive States Network . . . Read More>>

Working Families Need Health Care That Works For Them!  Read More>>

Out-of-control health care costs are forcing working families to forgo needed medical care and shredding family bank accounts, while private health insurance companies deny claims and, far too often, refuse to provide coverage. The results of the 2009 Health Care for America Survey—sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America—show that more than half of the 23,460 people who took the survey cannot get the health care they need at a price they can afford and one-third say they forgo basic medical care because of its high price. Read More>>

While in Washington DC this week for the national ARA Legislative Conference and lobby day for health care/Medicare reform, Leon Burzynski, WIARA president, was asked as one of six panelists to testify before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.  He spoke to "Social Security: Keeping the Promise in the 21st Century".  Read More>>

We Need a Trade Policy That Works for Us!   Please contact elected officials and ask them to support trade we can believe in.

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