Labor Day Statewide Round Up

An estimated 18,000 people watched or participated in some portion of Milwaukee’s Labor Fest, about 14,000 of whom were union members.  The event kicked off with a parade through downtown Milwaukee at 11 a.m., followed by a free family-friendly festival on the Summerfest grounds (Maier Festival Park).

As you can tell from the photographs, health care was on the minds of many Milwaukee Area Labor Council members as they marched this year.  Over 1,000 signed postcards were collected in support of health insurance reform and the Employee Free Choice Act.

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President David Newby also focused on health care and Employee Free Choice when he addressed Labor Day picnics in Racine and Kenosha.  Those events had a combined attendance of about 600 people.  Newby was also featured on statewide public radio (Joy Cardin's 8 a.m. show) and WCLO in Janesville, as well as Wisconsin Public Television ("Here and Now") on Friday evening.

Labor Fest participants at the Madison Labor Temple signed over 100 cards in support of health insurance reform and the Employee Free Choice Act.  Representatives of all sectors of labor – manufacturing, public sector, building trades, service sector, and retirees – were on hand to thank Rep. Tammy Baldwin for her continued leadership on health care reform.

“Every time any of our ninety affiliated labor unions go to the bargaining table, they are confronted with the issue of rising health care costs and sometimes forced to the street in order to maintain their families’ health insurance,” said Jim Cavanaugh, president of the South Central Federation of Labor.  “Now, at long last, genuine health care reform – the number one issue for both organized labor and Rep. Baldwin – is the main agenda item in Congress.  Rep. Baldwin both publicly, in Committee, and behind the scenes has worked tirelessly to improve the health care reform bill, and we wanted to thank her.”

Earlier in the day Rep. Baldwin and Sen. Russ Feingold drew a crowd of approximately 20,000 people to Labor Day celebrations in Rock County.  Feingold has also been a strong supporter of health insurance reform and the rights of workers to join and form unions.

Rep. Ron Kind attended Labor Day events in both Eau Claire and La Crosse.  The Eau Claire Labor Day picnic drew about 350 people.  The La Crosse Labor Day parade boasted between 300 and 400 union marchers with over 1,000 spectators cheering them on.

Close to 800 people participated in Labor Day events sponsored by the Greater Green Bay Labor Council.  Be sure to read the fantastic coverage of labor issues which ran in the Green Bay Press Gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090907/GPG0101/909070543/1207/GPG01/Unions-look-to-future-this-Labor-Day

Marathon County showcased a Labor Day parade, drawing thousands of participants.  The Wood County and Vicinity CLC hosted Labor Day activities for hundreds of union and community members in Wisconsin Rapids.  Fox Valley, Fond du Lac, and Oshkosh all hosted local Labor Day activities.   Not to be out done, union members in Superior held their annual Labor Day Dance.

For more Labor Day pictures, be sure to visit the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO’s brand new flickr account: http://flickr.com/photos/wisaflcio

(Photos listed from top to bottom, right to left.  Photo 1: UAW and CWA members march in the Milwaukee Labor Day Parade.  Photo Credit: Justin Geiger.  Photo 2: UFCW members march in the Milwaukee Labor Day Parade.  Photo Credit: Justin Geiger. Photo 3: La Crosse Labor Day Parade.  Photo Credit: Andy Thompson. Photo 4: The South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) presented a special award to Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, in recognition of her ongoing strides towards health care reform.  Photo Credit: Union Labor News. Photo 5: Madison Labor Fest.  Photo Credit: Union Labor News. Photo 6: Members of USW march in the Milwaukee Labor Day Parade.  Photo Credit: Dom Noth.  Photo 7: Nurses of WFNHP-AFT march in the Milwaukee Labor Day Parade.  Photo Credit: Dom Noth.)

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