An embarrassing display of “bipartisan comity” over a revenue deal that hamstring’s Milwaukee’s independence, a win for unionized workers at a Milwaukee coffee shop, a carceral “solution” for overdose deaths that will only make the problem worse, and Milwaukee’s favorite reactionary dunderhead sheriff mulls a Senate run.
Author: Milwaukee Leader Staff
Colectivo Coffee Workers Sign the Largest Collective-Bargaining Agreement in U.S. Coffee Retail Sector
Last week, workers at Colectivo Coffee voted to ratify a contract that amounts to the largest collective-bargaining agreement anywhere in the United States’ coffee industry.
Photo Essay: Milwaukee Pridefest
Milwaukee Pridefest took place on June 2-3 at Henry Maier Festival Park. Organizers from Milwaukee DSA’s Power to the People campaign gave a presentation at
Milwaukee News Roundup: June 2, 2023
Like navigating our city’s ever-shrinking public transit system, keeping up with Milwaukee’s media cycle can be an unreasonably arduous journey. Most working class people don’t
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Unionizing Your Workplace: Insights From a Veteran Milwaukee Organizer
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Like the polluted waters of the Milwaukee River, our city’s media cycle can be difficult to wade through. With so much news quickly losing salience,
Song of the Week: “Do Re Mi” (Woody Guthrie)
Today is the second installment in the Leader‘s “Song of the Week” series. Today we feature “Do Re Mi”, penned by singer, songwriter, and working-class
Milwaukee News Roundup for May 19, 2023
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The ruling class may think they own the world, but we have only loaned it to them, and it’s time for us to take it back.