Labor
FARMERS UNION: AGITATE, ORGANIZE, EDUCATE AND COOPERATE
By Tom Giessel, NFU Historian
Owen Franklin Dornblazer was the 11th person to join The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America in 1902. He lived to the age of 94 and was active in organizational and membership work until the final few months of his life. At age 85, addressing the 1926 NFU convention, he said, “There was nothing for those who began it, only the future.” I believe that statement still rings true today.
So, what about our future? Over the years, farmers and ranchers have struggled with tough times, but today’s free-fall of the rural ...
Protect Workers
We are calling on politicians in Madison to immediately take up a number of pro-worker bills designed to boost wages, promote pay equity, ensure fair scheduling and protect retirement security.
The Legislature should hold an immediate vote on bills that protect Wisconsin’s workers and move our working families forward. A number bills, outlined below, that support and uplift working families have languished in committees since their introduction. Now is the time for these bills to receive a vote.
The Fair Scheduling Act (AB 866)
Authors: Rep. Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) ...
THIRD ANNUAL LABOR HISTORY THROUGH FILM
Do you like to watch films?
You are in for a big treat on Saturday, March 24.
Come to the North Hall Room 233, UW Marathon County, 518 South 7th Ave in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Registration is 8:30 – 9 a.m.
Films will be shown from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This is the third annual Labor History Event, sponsored by Marathon County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 388 and School for Workers of the Education for Workplace Democracy.
Lunch will be provided by the Northeast Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council.
RSVP is appreciated by March 14 ...
Protect Workers
We are calling on politicians in Madison to immediately take up a number of pro-worker bills designed to boost wages, promote pay equity, ensure fair scheduling and protect retirement security.
The Legislature should hold an immediate vote on bills that protect Wisconsin’s workers and move our working families forward. A number bills, outlined below, that support and uplift working families have languished in committees since their introduction. Now is the time for these bills to receive a vote.
The Fair Scheduling Act (AB 866)
Authors: Rep. Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) ...
THIRD ANNUAL LABOR HISTORY THROUGH FILM
Do you like to watch films?
You are in for a big treat on Saturday, March 24.
Come to the North Hall Room 233, UW Marathon County, 518 South 7th Ave in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Registration is 8:30 – 9 a.m.
Films will be shown from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This is the third annual Labor History Event, sponsored by Marathon County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 388 and School for Workers of the Education for Workplace Democracy.
Lunch will be provided by the Northeast Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council.
RSVP is appreciated by March 14 ...