Rock County Central Labor Council

05/08/2026

04/28/2026

As we grieve those we have lost from unsafe working conditions, we must hold the line against worker health and safety attacks. We must:
Defend hard-won safety and health protections and workers’ rights from attacks.

Demand increases in job safety staff and funding to write strong standards and for strong enforcement of all job safety laws.
Hold our elected leaders accountable for any actions that weaken workers’ right to a safe job.

Win new protections against heat illness, workplace violence, exposure to asbestos and other toxic chemicals, and other preventable hazardous exposures.

Increase efforts to protect Black, Latino and immigrant workers who are disproportionately affected by and especially targeted for speaking up against unsafe working conditions.

Guarantee all workers have a voice on the job to raise safety concerns and the right to freely form a union without employer interference or intimidation.

Pass the Protecting America’s Workers Act to provide OSHA protection to the millions of workers without it, stronger criminal and civil penalties for companies that violate job safety and health laws, and improved anti-retaliation protections.

04/04/2026

Huge Shout out to Garrik Harwick and the local IBEW 890 Electricians Union. The IBEW is a partner with Mike Wagner and our Construction classes at Beloit Memorial High School. The Electricians Union supplied an entire conduit lab for our students through a grant to help out local high school programs. We truly appreciate their time and talent when it comes to helping our students become career ready.

09/25/2025

On this day in 1964, about 4,800 members of UAW Locals 95 and 121 walked off their jobs at the Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants in Janesville, as the United Auto Workers staged a nationwide strike against GM over a number of unresolved issues, including grievance procedures, production standards, and work conditions.

09/08/2025

The hourly workers will see their pay increase from a range of $8.25 to $8.75 an hour to $9.50 to $10 an hour in the first year and to $10 to $11.50 in the second year. The change takes effect in the next pay period.

Resident Assistants will receive an additional $100 per semester in the first year and an additional $100 per semester in year two. Orientation leaders will see their pay go from $200 for training in August and running groups to $350.

Fein said they also negotiated increased training and removal of "at will" employment, which allowed the college to terminate workers without a stated reason.

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BELOIT - More than 200 student workers at Beloit College unanimously approved a contract between the fledgling Beloit Student Workers Union and the college, according to one of the union

09/08/2025

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The AFL-CIO has approved CWA‘s request to add T-Mobile headquarters and stores nationwide to the official AFL-CIO boycott list.

“It’s time we tell T-Mobile enough is enough,” says CWA leadership. We’re calling for a T-Mobile Boycott to show corporate America that there are real consequences to aligning yourself with authoritarianism and far right extremists like Elon Musk.

08/05/2025

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