Wisconsin

For Black History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently actively making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Kwami Barnes of the Communications Workers (CWA).

After months of negotiations, members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 998 who work for the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) have ratified a new three-year agreement.

On Wednesday, the AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour rolled through Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a community forum with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) about how the recent federal budget bill will harm working people in the state.

Union members and community allies rallied outside the Zablocki Veterans’ Administration (VA) Medical Center in Milwaukee on Friday to protest President Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to our critical federal workforce.