https://middlewisconsin.org Fairness. Respect. Community. Sat, 16 Aug 2025 22:41:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Middle-Wisconsin.jpg https://middlewisconsin.org 32 32 https://middlewisconsin.org/wisconsin-alliance-for-retired-americans-2/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:45:53 +0000 https://middlewisconsin.org/?p=13230 This last week we held awareness rallies for Social Security in Wausau and in Wisconsin Rapids. The Wisconsin Rapids Field Office was the hardest hit office due to the DOGE employee buyouts in March when they lost 58% of their staff – leaving just 3 employees to manage all the public’s earned benefit work. The […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/workers-memorial/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:46 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12902 We welcome you to attend! On April 28, Wisconsin workers will join together with communities across the globe to pay tribute to workers killed on the job. In cities, towns, union halls, at worksites and memorials, in community after community, workers will commemorate those we lost and press forward for stronger protections for safer workplaces. […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/indivisible-hands-off-rally-april-5/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:40 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12854   Northcentral Wisconsin INDIVISIBLE Fights back! Saturday, April 5 at noon Rib Mountain Drive (sidewalk between Michael’s Crafts and Hobby Lobby) Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. We are fighting back! They’re taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/wisconsin-alliance-for-retired-americans-power-lunch/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:45:29 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12450 Monday, October 14, 2024, Milwaukee The biggest event of the year for the WIARA and the biggest Power Lunch yet! WIARA was ecstatic that US Senator Bernie Sanders was the keynote speaker at the 2024 WIARA Power Lunch! WIARA recognized Labor, Community, and Elected Officials that go above and beyond to support Wisconsin retirees!]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/11997-2/ Mon, 06 May 2024 04:45:13 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11997   – Demonstrations Across Wisconsin – Please join the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, American Federation of Government Employees Council 220, and other partner organizations as we call for Social Security to be protected, modernized and expanded! Attend a demonstration near you! All events start at noon and will last approximately one hour. By now, […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/labor-history-in-film-2/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:45:59 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11803 ]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/everyone-benefits-from-unions/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:45:06 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11524 https://middlewisconsin.org/wausau-parade/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:45:50 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11513 For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Jake Horn 920.422.4483; Randy Radtke 715.370.8908; marathonctylabor@gmail.com Wausau celebrates Labor Day on Monday Wausau, WI, Monday, September 4th, labor and community members celebrate workers with an annual Labor Day Parade starting at 4pm with the parade route going down 3rd Ave towards the Labor Temple. On Labor Day workers across the nation […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/happy-labor-day/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:45:01 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11501 Every Labor Day, I take time to give thanks and celebrate America’s labor movement. Over the years, the hard work and solidarity of countless union men and women have advanced workplaces and enhanced our nation for the better. Nothing ever comes easy, and nothing is given out of the kindness of corporations: the big bosses only […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/labor-history-in-film/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:45:04 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=11103 ]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/life-is-better-with-a-union/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:45:57 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=10890 Life is certainly better when you belong to a union.  We were so fortunate to have Congressman Mark Pocan speak at our AFSCME Convention. His message was loud and clear: get out and vote. There is so much on the line. Union members generally make more money. We fight for fair wages and equal rights […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/hands-off-our-earned-benefits/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:45:55 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=10826   Social Security is an incredibly effective and popular program. It provides benefits to over 1.2 million Wisconsinites and keeps over 400,000 out of poverty. There is no reason Social Security should be a partisan issue. It benefits Republicans, Democrats, and independents. But Senator Ron Johnson wants to put these vital earned benefits at risk […]]]>