Wisconsin activists are answering Gov. Scott Walker’s outrageous assault on middle-class jobs and collective bargaining with neighborhood canvasses, a two-day lobbying and rally blitz at the state capital, television ads and social media campaigns.
Backers of Walker’s proposal to strip away almost all collective bargaining rights from public employees in the state are trying to push the legislation through this week “with almost no public input or discussion,” according to the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. Last week Walker announced he had alerted the National Guard to be ready in case public employees strike or rise in protest.
But union activists and allied organizations are joining together to stop the assault they say would undermine middle-class jobs by lowering wages, shrinking benefits, weakening unions and destroying collective bargaining.
This assault on middle-class jobs in Wisconsin is one of many efforts in states where Republican governors and legislators won majorities in the 2010 elections. They are widely considered political payback to CEOs that poured millions into state election campaigns.
The Wisconsin working families push-back includes:
Backers of Walker’s proposal to strip away almost all collective bargaining rights from public employees in the state are trying to push the legislation through this week “with almost no public input or discussion,” according to the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. Last week Walker announced he had alerted the National Guard to be ready in case public employees strike or rise in protest.
But union activists and allied organizations are joining together to stop the assault they say would undermine middle-class jobs by lowering wages, shrinking benefits, weakening unions and destroying collective bargaining.
This assault on middle-class jobs in Wisconsin is one of many efforts in states where Republican governors and legislators won majorities in the 2010 elections. They are widely considered political payback to CEOs that poured millions into state election campaigns.
The Wisconsin working families push-back includes:
- Television and radio ads.
- Lobby days and rallies at the state capital Tuesday and Wednesday (get information and sign up for free buses here.
- A Facebook campaign you can join here.
- A Twitter petition to share here.
- A new Not My Wisconsin website with broad information.
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