Madison, WI – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 39 will hold a march and a rally in downtown Madison on Saturday, July 29th, 2023, from 9am to 11am. The Union invites community members to join a march beginning at the intersection of Dayton Street and State Street in downtown Madison at 9am.
The march will circle the Wisconsin State Capitol building and meet at 10am at the state street entrance to the Capitol Square for a rally with speakers.
Rally guests include:
- TruStage workers and their families
- Forward Marching Band
- Kathryn Bartlett-Mulvihill, President of OPEIU 39
- State Senator Melissa Agard, Senate Democratic Leader
- Congressional Representative Mark Pocan
- Stephanie Janeth Salgado Altamirano – Voces De La Frontera, Madison Organizer
- Socorro Cortez – Workers Justice Wisconsin
- Mike Jones – President, Madison Teachers Inc.
- The Raging Grannies
OPEIU 39 represents more than 450 workers at TruStage, formerly CUNA Mutual Group. The Union has been bargaining a contract with TruStage since January 2022. Negotiations broke down in January of 2023, and the Union filed Unfair Labor Practices charges against the Company with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), leading to a two-week strike in May & June 2023.
On July 13th , the NLRB informed the Company and Union that it had determined that the first of the Union’s charges filed on February 8th had merit, and ordered TruStage to hand over information to OPEIU 39 that it had unlawfully withheld. Two weeks later, the Company has still not fully complied with the order. The rally date July 29th 2023 will mark 485 days without a contract.
For more information:
Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/17ieQ91wI
