Marquette University in Milwaukee has announced that they want to cut between 225-450 faculty and staff. The University claims that decreased enrollment due to the COVID-19 pandemic has put them in a tough financial situation, with projections of a $25 million budget deficit. However, the Marquette Academic Workers Union, the union of graduate workers and […]
Hazard Pay Threatened for Willy Street Co-op Workers
The pandemic is still with us and Wisconsin is national hot spot. Nonetheless, the Willy Street Co-op management wants to eliminate hazard pay for frontline workers in their grocery stores. Workers at the co-op have been receiving hazard pay as a result of contract negotiations between the union, UE Local 1186, and management because of […]
Colectivo Workers are Organizing a Union
At Colectivo Coffee, employees are organizing into a union. The company serves coffee, baked good and savory items at cafés in Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago. Although there had been talk of a union among workers for years, after the COVID pandemic began, the need for a union became more urgent. “There were always talks of […]
Milwaukee Art Museum refuses voluntary recognition of Union
Workers at the Milwaukee Art Museum recently went public with their campaign to organize a labor union. According to a statement posted on the union’s website on Tuesday, the Milwaukee Art Museum has refused to voluntarily recognize the union. The whole statement reads “The museum announced to staff yesterday that they do not intend to […]
Union Drive at Milwaukee Art Museum
Workers at the Milwaukee Art Museum recently went public with their unionization campaign. Workers are seeking a union and to affiliate with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, or IAM. Scott Parr is the Assistant Director of District 10 of the IAM. “[Workers] would like to have an equal seat at the table […]
Madison Firefighters Will Not Reopen Contract with City
Madison firefighters local 311 will not agree to reopen their contract according to Mahlon Mitchell, President of local 311. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway has asked for city departments to cut their budgets across the board. To achieve these cuts, she has raised the issue of reopening the contract with the local. Regarding reopening the contract, […]
