Colectivo Coffee Workers Try to Unionize During Pandemic Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by John Quinnies Late last winter, a long-brewing conversation about unionizing began to get more serious at the Colectivo Coffee warehouse in Riverwest. Warehouse employees say management mistakes began to pile up: performance reviews, on which yearly raises depended, were months late, communication started to fall apart, and equipment needed repairs. Former warehouse employee and organizer Robert Penner […]
Americans Don’t Know What to Believe This Election Season Posted on October 30, 2020November 2, 2020 by John Quinnies On an October Sunday morning in Muskego, Wis., a rally for President Trump kicked off at local bar, TJ’s Roundabout. Trucks, motorcycles and cars filtered into the surrounding lots and fields, organizing themselves into neat rows to optimize the launch of the planned parade. Closer to the bar was a stage set up alongside outdoor […]
Voices of Wisconsin Voters During the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted on April 8, 2020April 24, 2020 by Allison Martens, Hannah Borchert, Samuel Dehring, Jasper Appleton, Taylor Wietzke, Alex Thome, Destiny DeVooght, Daniel King, John Quinnies, Jessica Gatzow, Wat Lee, Adrian Hurd, Daniel Valadez-Reyes, Lucas Kovnesky and Luke Zembrowski Across from Riverside High School, one of five polling places in Milwaukee holding in-person voting for the April 7 election, UW-Milwaukee student Abigail Klug watched from her apartment as a line formed near the school. What started as six or eight people became a several-hour wait by the afternoon, the line stretching behind the school […]
Wisconsin Election 2020: Photos From the Polls Posted on April 7, 2020June 29, 2021 by Daniel King, John Quinnies and Media Milwaukee staff
Into the Night: The Search for UW-Milwaukee Student Sean Baek Posted on March 28, 2020March 31, 2020 by John Quinnies, Destiny DeVooght, Matthew Hollendonner, Hannah Borchert and Taylor Wietzke In a conference room on the first floor of Cambridge Commons residence hall, just down the hall from the main entrance where University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Sean Baek was last seen almost three weeks earlier, a vigil was held for him. The standard refreshments sat on a table on one side of the room. Flanking […]
UW-Milwaukee Leaders Discuss the Possibility of Online Only Classes Due to Coronavirus after Spring Break Posted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by John Quinnies Leaders and department chairs from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee met Tuesday morning to discuss the potentiality and logistics of face-to-face instruction being suspended after spring break to help prevent a local coronavirus outbreak. No decision was made at the meeting, but one might be expected next week over spring break, according to Provost Johannes Britz. […]
UWM Student Sean Baek Still Missing Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by John Quinnies Sean Baek, an insulin dependent UW-Milwaukee student who went missing from Cambridge Commons Friday morning, was under the influence of LSD when he fled the dorms and is believed to still be in the Milwaukee area, but foul play is not suspected, UWM Police Chief Joseph LeMire said in a Monday press conference. LeMire also […]
Kobe Sneaker Prices Jump Following Death of the Basketball Star Posted on February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 by John Quinnies While the sudden death last Sunday of basketball star Kobe Bryant has left many mourning, it has also left a hole burning in many pockets. Nike’s online store has sold out of all Kobe Bryant related material, according to an article from CNN. This phenomena of heightened product sales after a celebrity death is nothing […]