Labor

Workers at the Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company in Milwaukee voted Wednesday to form a union, the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union announced.

The union says it has turned down two contract offers from Indiana-based Cummins Inc. The two sides are scheduled to meet again June 26.

This week’s strike is the first in the hospital’s history, according to the union, which represents more than 930 nurses at the hospital. Thursday’s negotiations were the first between the two sides in more than a week.

Gov. Tony Evers’ administration is warning that Wisconsinites could face much longer wait times for professional licenses unless lawmakers approve part of the governor’s budget request. 

Hundreds of nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison say they’ll go on strike next week, after months of contract negotiations.

Almost 1,000 unionized nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison could go on strike later this month.

Employees of Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. said management increasingly makes decisions with little communication with workers.

About 90 members of the United Auto Workers in Oshkosh went on strike Tuesday in response to what they say have been delayed negotiations on a new union contract.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is weighing whether thousands of corrections workers should be able to sue as a group in a dispute over pay.

Madison officials say disruptions to bus routes earlier this week were the result of coordinated action from Metro Transit drivers during ongoing contract negotiations.