Los trabajadores de Crushin’ It Apparel luchan por recuperar sus trabajos después de que el propietario de la empresa cerrara de forma abrupta el taller. JT CESTKOWSKI // JULIO GARCIA “Los trabajadores han sido maltratados y los trabajadores están hartos de esto. Y para eso están los sindicatos”. Adam Gifford Con un voto de seis …
Crushin’ It Apparel Workers Win Union Vote! Previous Next The employees of Crushin’ It Apparel in Madison made their voices heard by winning their election for representation through the NLRB. These brave workers overcame months of exploitation, abuse, wage theft, and threats, and voted 6-0 to become new members of IUPAT DC7 to tell their employer enough is enough! Please …
Read more about WJW here…with our new page! There’s been a lot going on with Worker Justice Wisconsin lately. In order to make it easier to keep tabs on what we’ve been up to lately, we’ve added a page on our menu for “WJW in the News.” Featuring podcasts/radio shows, news articles, social media highlights, …
Crushin’ It Apparel workers and WJW staff appeared together for LaborFest’s Solidarity Roll Call. These workers have stayed strong in the face of threats and retaliation from their employer, and at LaborFest they stood in solidarity with organizing workers everywhere. Thank you to everyone who signed our petition in support of these workers! (To read more …
2 years later: LaborFest is back! After a 2-year hiatus due to COVID-19, LaborFest is back. In order to accommodate for the ongoing pandemic, there will be a vaccine clinic and there will not be face-painting. We’d love to see you come by and visit our booth to hang out with our staff, meet organizing …
“We have shifted to the importance of acting together rather than as individuals,” Rebecca Meier-Rao, Worker Justice Wisconsin Executive Director Previous Next The employees of Crushin’ It Apparel, a screen-printing shop, have been placed on illegal unpaid leave for exercising their right to organize. On Friday, August 26, the shop’s workplace organizing committee submitted a …
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WJW Stands with Carpenters to End Misclassification! WJW stands with community allies, union members, construction workers, carpenters, faith leaders, and more to fight the issue of misclassification. These photos of WJW staff and allies are from a protest of the contractor Suburban Drywall in July 2022. Suburban Drywall benefits from the practice of misclassifying workers …
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Meet Our Staff! Robert Christl, Worker Center Program Director Previous Next A bit about Robert… I was born and raised in a small city called Huntsville in Alabama (you might know it—it’s famous for its work with NASA). As a kid, I gravitated toward history. Although I initially had an interest in ancient Spartan society, …
