Workers at Oakwood Village, a retirement community and assisted living facility in Madison, are currently in contract negotiations with management. The workers are members of SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin, and their current contract is set to expire at the end of this month. Virgie Burton is a certified nursing assistant at Oakwood and a part of […]
Marquette University proposes budget cuts, Union fights back
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 […]
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 […]
Workers at CUNA Mutual Bargain for COVID-19 Protections
Workers at CUNA Mutual Group in Madison are circulating a petition as a part of a campaign to get changes to work rules, health and safety precautions, and job security due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Major points of the petition are guarantees of no lost wages due to sickness, quarantine, or childcare issues, and a […]
