Wisconsin Professional Employees Council

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As we enter football season, a call to unionize from the newspaper of the UAW, 1937. From the archives at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor & Urban Affairs.

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The WI Civil Service System allows workers to do their jobs even if it will displease a powerful corporation. In this case, an inspector at the state Dept. of Health Services (DHS) investigated and drafted a citation of ProHealth Care Regency Senior Communities, New Berlin (an Assisted Living center) for evicting a 97 year old without following state rules back in 2021. Although DHS proceeded to cite the company, then reversed their decision with no explanation, at least the frontline public worker did her job and held the corporation accountable to the extent she could.

Recent work – Bill Lueders Recent work Bill followed his original January, 2022, investigative story for The Progressive, “I Want To Go Home,” about his mother’s eviction from her senior living community, with further reporting on her case. All over the country, nursing homes and senior care facilities are breaking the ...

Today there are a number of job postings on wisc.jobs that pay $14 an hour and have no paid sick or vacation days. The jobs call for a number of skills including things like driving a small tractor, and working with minimal supervision. Other jobs pay a bit better but not enough to support a good home life for the long term. Public services cannot be high quality when staff are underpaid.

Today we're excited to celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest annual Black freedom celebration in the US. On this day in 1865, Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger proclaimed the end of slavery to individuals in Galveston, Texas.

Learn about Juneteenth from Share My Lesson here: https://sharemylesson.com/juneteenth-activities