2/23-26: Rallies In Support of Wisconsin Workers!
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 to
Saturday, February 26, 2011 Time: 12:00 Noon Location: Wisconsin State
Capitol & Statewide
For More Information:
_http://wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=event&eventid=7364ccf7-4fb2-4702-a537-cf374793076e_
(http://wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=event&eventid=7364ccf7-4fb2-4702-a537-cf374793076e)
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THE BATTLE FOR UNIONS IN WISCONSIN
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Folks from outside Wisconsin are contacting me and asking
how to help with the battle to save collective bargaining
for public employees in Wisconsin. (Additional information
on the current status of things here is at the end of this
letter.)
YOU CAN PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
People of generally modest means, including many college
students, are continuing the occupation of the Capitol and
the daily picketing in resistance to the Governor's plans.
Most teachers have had to/have chosen to return to their
classrooms, but many other union members remain, people
from private sector unions and public unions including
police and firefighters.
There are many private citizens, often seniors. Those
remaining in the capitol and on the picketlines need food,
water, transportation, housing. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO is
coordinating much of that support. No matter how small,
financial support is welcome:
ONLINE: The AFL-CIO is accepting donations online through
PayPal or any major credit card. Please go to
_http://wisaflcio.org_ (http://wisaflcio.org/) for the link.
CHECKS can be made payable to the
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Defense Fund,
6333 W. Blue Mound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213
(Please indicate the purpose, e.g. "Capitol protests" or
"Madison rally", on your check.)
* * * *
SEND FOOD AND WATER DIRECTLY TO THE PROTESTERS
These two close-by shops will supply food and water to
those in the Capitol or on the picket line:
Ian's Pizza 608-442-3535 minimum order $20.00 These
folks are now taking orders only for delivery to the
resistance, they've stopped all delivery to the general
public. They tell me they deliver to wherever the people
are -- if they're inside the Capitol, they go in. If
people are marching and picketing, they take the food to
the picket line.
Subway on the Square 608-255-1636 NOTE: minimum order
$100.00 They have set up a fund there for your orders,
and they are giving free food from that fund to any union
member or pro- union demonstrator who requests food.
Thank Pat for arranging that, I'm sure this is the first
time they've done anything like this.
* * * *
CONVEY YOUR OPPOSITION IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEGISLATORS AND
GOVERNOR
This legislation can be stopped in the Wisconsin Senate.
The state has shut down the Legislative Hotline (!)
through which you could reach the Wisconsin Senators. So
each needs to be contacted directly.
The Republicans
We need only 3 Republicans to vote "no" to stop this. I'm
listing here Republicans who may be willing to listen:
Eau Claire area -- Terry Moulton
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266- 7511 District 23
Green Bay area -- Rob Cowles
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-0484 District 2
LaCrosse area -- Dan Kapanke
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-5490 District 32
Ripon area -- Luther Olsen
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-0751 District 14
Richland County -- Dale Schultz
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-0703 District 17
Racine area -- Van Wanggaard
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-1832 District 21
Sheboygan area -- Joe Leibham
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-2056 District 9
Menasha/Fox Valley -- Michael Ellis
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-0718 District 19
Fond du Lac area -- Randy Hopper
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-5300 District 18
Dodge County -- Scott Fitzgerald
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
(608) 266-5660 District 13
To contact other Republican Senators, or if a voice
mailbox is full, try sending an email. Email addresses
are above, or at the senate home pages. Try this link:
_http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate_ (http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate)
If you live here or if you vacation here, contact the
Senator from your District and urge a "no" vote on this
legislation. If you know someone who lives or vacations in
Wisconsin, ask them to contact the appropriate Senator. If
you don't live here, contact as many of the Republicans on
the list as you can with your opposition to the
legislation. ("The Whole World is Watching")
The Governor: Gov. Walker is not listening to us, and is
in fact bragging about having received 19,000 emails in
favor of the legislation to get rid of unions. So we need
him to hear us.
Try his phone 608-266-1212 That mailbox will probably be
full. There are several email routes, I've used
them both. Email him directly at
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
Or go to _http://walker.wi.gov_ (http://walker.wi.gov/) and scroll down
to the
"Citizen Suggestion" box and give him your suggestion.
* * * *
KEEP THE RESISTANCE ALIVE, WIDESPREAD, HIGHLY VISIBLE AND
VIBRANT
* Participate in a protest rally
Come to Wisconsin or urge those you know who live here to
get involved. The Capitol in Madison is occupied 24 hours
a day, with pickets outside at all hours. Come on down!
Daily rallies and protest activities are happening
throughout Wisconsin. Join in the activities near you.
Two sources for detailed and timely information are
_http://wisaflcio.org_ (http://wisaflcio.org/)
[scroll down to Capitol and to In District Events]
and _http://www.wiafscme.org/_ (http://www.wiafscme.org/)
[scroll down to the Activities List]
* Organize a rally, a protest, an act of solidarity or
civil disobedience wherever you are in support of
Wisconsin workers and our cause. Alert the local media
that you are acting in support of public employees' right
to keep their unions in Wisconsin.
* Spread the word in whatever way you can: postal mail,
email, Facebook, twitter.
* Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and
to the editorial directors of your local TV and radio
stations.
* Send this email on to anyone who might help with this
fight, via email or postal mail.
* * * *
SUPPORT THE "WISCONSIN 14"
In a remarkable act of civil disobedience and courage, the
14 Democratic Senators have left the state to deny the
Senate a quorum. Without at least one of them, the Senate
cannot pass this particular legislation. Their leaving
had to be done quickly and some left, literally, with just
the clothes on their backs.
Contact information for the "Wisconsin 14" is listed
below.
I suggest:
** Send them messages of solidarity and support, and urge
them on.
** Most of these folks are not wealthy. Consider writing
a check to their campaign committee to help with these
extraordinary expenses. Send it to their home addresses
and be sure to write it to "The Campaign Committee of
Senator xxxx" -- home addresses are on their senate web
pages ("voting address") which you reach via
_http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate_ (http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate)
(The Government Accountability Board here has ruled that
campaign contribution funds can be used for these
expenses. No personal gifts are allowed, and they will be
returned.)
Tim Carpenter Dist 3
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
608-266-8535
Spencer Coggs Dist 6
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-2500
Tim Cullen Dist 15
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-2253
Jon Erpenbach Dist 27
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
608-266-6670
Dave Hansen Dist 30
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-5670
Jim Holperin Dist 12
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
608-266-2509
Bob Jauch Dist 25
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-3510
Chris Larson Dist 7
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-7505
Julie Lassa Dist 24
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-3123
Mark Miller Dist 16
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-9170
Fred Risser Dist 26
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-1627
Lena Taylor Dist 4
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-5810
Kathleen Vinehout Dist 31
[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
608-266-8546
Bob Wirch Dist 22
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
608-266-8979
Thank you.
****
Update as of Tuesday February 22:
The battle lines here have been definitively clarified:
Last week, the public employee unions all agreed to the
Governor's economic demands contained in this contested
"Budget" Bill. But the Governor continues to insist that
the abolition of collective bargaining, as included in the
Bill, is non-negotiable. So as we've known all along, this
Bill is not really about budget issues . . .
Also, FYI, the Legislature's reach with this Bill is far
beyond collective bargaining. Other major components of
the Bill are an assault on any decent notion of the civil
society to which we aspire.
For example, access to health care assistance for the poor
and elderly will be curtailed. And supervision of the
privatized workers who care for the most vulnerable among
us would be effectively abandoned. Important civil
service positions, now filled by merit selection, are
converted to political appointment -- including such
civil arbiters as agency lawyers.
Legislators are meeting today (remember, the Republicans
have majorities in both houses of the legislature) to
continue this juggernaut as best they can without a quorum
in the Senate. They are limited to non-fiscal actions in
the Senate without the quorum denied them by the
Democrats. The situation in the Capitol is tense. Police
are now everywhere, and reporters tell me that the call
has gone out for more police to be sent to the Capitol.
Access to the Capitol is limited, with one door open and
slow security searches of all entering.
People are concerned that they are attempting to slowly
strangle the occupation -- hallways of the Capitol have
been emptied and then closed off. Last night, those
sleeping on the 3rd floor of the rotunda were told to move
"to clean that area", and they've secured that area.
Internet access has been cut off. It appears the tactic
is to limit access to the building and confine protesters
to smaller and smaller spaces. This process, which may
elude high-profile and organized resistance from the
protesters, can lead to minimum media interest -- as we
are all slowly just pushed out the door and out of any
semblance of a democratic process.
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Wisconsin is the front line in a national struggle to defend labor rights!
>From the first day of the protests at the Capitol and every day since,
Voces de la Frontera Action has organized and mobilized members and the
community to join the mass worker rights rallies in Madison!
Our next mobilization to the Capitol will be this Saturday, February 26.
We want to organize the largest Voces mobilization to date!
BUS SCHEDULE:
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011
Departure: Buses will depart at 9:00am from our Milwaukee office, 1027 S
5th Street
Return: 3:30pm.
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US TO CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION AT 414-643-1620 or
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
Because of our efforts to organize for Saturday's rally, we will not be
providing daily buses for the rest of the week. Please check the AFSCME
website for info and updates on transportation: _http://tinyurl.com/658lq9d_
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4pUkBlTlaiUKCmKXeu0So4TMOP
s1zoLT)
Please check out this video of Voces students and worker members talking
about how the battle against Governor Walker's bill relates to immigrant
rights:
_https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=522045102398&oid=193901736924&comments_
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=grvGntp5SFnsZQHhdBAMf4TMOPs1zoLT)
Don't forget, this Thursday there will be a rally at MATC! 11:30 am to
1:00 pm, outside of the "S" building, 700 W. State St. To support the MATC
teachers' union!
Finally, Voces de la Frontera Action has limited resources and since the
rallies began, we have spent an average of $500 dollars a day for buses and
food alone. Please help us to sustain the fight and make the workers'
movement stronger!
You can mail a check to Voces de la Frontera Action, 1027 S. 5th St. in
Milwaukee. Donations are not tax-deductible, which makes them even more
powerful for us. Many thanks!
________________________
(ESPAÑOL)
ÍWisconsin es la primera línea de defensa en la lucha nacional por
derechos laborales!
¡Desde el primer día de protestas en el capitolio y cada día después,
Voces de la Frontera Acción a organizado y movilizado miembros y la comunidad
para unirnos a las marchas masivas en Madison!
Nuestra próxima movilización al capitolio será este sábado 26 de febrero.
Queremos organizar la movilización más grande de Voces desde la fecha que
comenzamos.
HORARIO DEL CAMION:
Fecha: Sábado, 26 de febrero, 2011
Salida: Camiones saldrán a las 9:00am de nuestra oficina en Milwaukee,
1027 S 5th Street
Regreso: 3:30pm.
FAVOR DE LLAMAR O MANDARNOS UN CORREO ELECTRONICO PARA CONFIRMAR TU
PARTICIPACION (mailto:[email protected]) a 414-643-1620 o
(mailto:[email protected]) [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
A base de nuestros esfuerzos de organizar para la marcha del sábado, no
vamos a proveer camiones diarios para el resto de la semana. Favor de ir a
la pagina de web de AFSCME para obtener información sobre transportación:
_http://tinyurl.com/658lq9d_
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wKFPwwvUlwysvGxP2KzLdoTMOPs1zoLT)
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DQvclMH/lxWyWbrQlLXC8ITMOPs1zoLT)
Tambien, puedes ver un video de miembros estudiantiles y trabajadores de
Voces hablando sobre la batalla en contra la propuesta de Walker y su
relación al movimiento pro-inmigrante:
_https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=522045102398&oid=193901736924&comment_
(http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TnpyriEznZvsLpD5U2psMoTMOPs1zoLT)
Este jueves habrá un manifestación en MATC! 11:00am a 1:00pm, a fuera del
edificio "S", 700 W. State St. Para apoyar el sindicato de los profesores
de MATC!
Finalmente, Voces de la Frontera Acción tiene recursos limitados y desde
que las marchas comenzaron hemos gastado alrededor de $500 por día para
camiones y comida no más. Ayúdanos a sostener la lucha y fortalecer un
movimiento laboral más amplio.
Favor de mandar un cheque a Voces de la Frontera Acción, 1027 S. 5th
Street, Milwaukee WI 53204. Una donación no es deductible de tus impuestos.
Mil gracias!
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