It is a beautiful day in Wisconsin, but that is not stopping AFSCME Council 24 members from sacrificing their day off and participating in a Union Bargaining Conference in Madison.
An estimated 150 delegates packed AFSCME Headquarters for a general session where they were briefed as to the current state of affairs. The general session was followed by each bargaining unit breakout session where each unit elected their executive board representatives.
Newly elected executive board representatives will assume their duties at the conclusion of the WSEU Convention to be held June 9 and 10 in Madison.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Reminder: "Vote Your Values" Tour with Lori Compas @ Sun May 20 12pm - 1pm (AFSCME Council 24)
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Subject: Reminder: "Vote Your Values" Tour with Lori Compas @ Sun May 20 12pm - 1pm (AFSCME Council 24)
"Vote Your Values" Tour with Lori CompasLori Compas, recall challenger to Scott Fitzgerald, is doing a VOTE YOUR VALUES Tour this weekend, May 19th and 20th to focus on what unites us--values like honesty, compassion and fairness. This event is designed to bring people from across the political spectrum together to move past the divisiveness that have become all to common in politics recently. We need LOTS of people to be at the events. IF ANY OF YOU COULD PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD and invite people to come that would be great! They are going to be a ton of fun with: live music, jugglers, refreshments, balloons, flags, stickers for kids... and Lori will speak. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help out in this RED area of the state that is trying to turn BLUE in this RECALL ELECTION. We are hoping that big turnouts will help us get more press coverage and help get Lori's name out there more and more. Bring a home made sign expressing your VALUES. For those of you who LOVE to canvass, we will be running canvasses for Lori and Barrett after each event, so bring your walking shoes and plan to stay awhile. [RAIN or SHINE - Cookies will be provided]
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Reminder: AFSCME Local 555 Spring Picnic @ Sun May 20 10am - 3pm (AFSCME Council 24)
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Subject: Reminder: AFSCME Local 555 Spring Picnic @ Sun May 20 10am - 3pm (AFSCME Council 24)
AFSCME Local 555 Spring PicnicAnyone wearing an AFSCME shirt or their own "Union Pride" shirt will receive a FREE picnic lunch. There will be a small fee for all others. We hope you'll join your Union Brothers and Sisters to show Governor Walker we are not going anywhere and that we are still standing strong. Governor Scott Walker will be attending the King Veterans Home open house on the very day of our Spring Picnic. At the Veterans Home (directly across the street from our Union office) there will be an Old Car Show, FREE rides on Clear Water Harbor's Chief Waupaca, live music, tour of the grounds and buildings and a vintage military and vehicle display. Come join the fun!
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Madison Politiscope: Ed Schultz becomes cable TV's champion of Wisconsin workers
…. Later in his recent visit, Schultz and his crew walked over to Cooper’s to shoot the promo ad. They were greeted by a group of local AFSCME picketers, as well as Madison radio host, John “Sly” Sylvester of WTDY’s “Sly in the Morning.” The group was protesting Schultz’s use of Cooper’s Tavern for his shoot, since the bar is part of Food Fight, a restaurant group that AFSCME has feuded with ever since it began operating an eatery at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus. … Schultz walked outside and talked to the protesters. To his staff’s great relief, the group was apparently not interested in disrupting the shoot. They simply wanted him and others to be informed of the grievances they had against Food Fight.
Madison Politiscope: Ed Schultz becomes cable TV's champion of Wisconsin workers
Madison Politiscope: Ed Schultz becomes cable TV's champion of Wisconsin workers
AFSCME | Walker and Gingrich Share a Donor
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, facing a recall next month for taking away the collective bargaining rights of nearly 200,000 Wisconsin public service employees, has a new billionaire to fund his drive to stay in power: Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Adelson, the same billionaire who almost single-handedly financed the failed campaign of GOP Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, is now “one of the embattled Wisconsin governor’s biggest donors,” according to John Nichols, writing in The Nation.
AFSCME | Walker and Gingrich Share a Donor
AFSCME | Walker and Gingrich Share a Donor
Scott Walker Ally: Collective Bargaining Rollback Was 'Middle Ground' For Wisconsin GOP
Jeff Fitzgerald, the Republican speaker of the Wisconsin state assembly, assumed that Gov. Scott Walker's rollback of collective bargaining rights in the state was a "middle ground" considering some of his GOP colleagues' more aggressive stances against unions, according to a new video and a report in Salon. In the video, posted to YouTube Tuesday by a Wisconsin Democratic group, Fitzgerald says that Walker's attempt to strip public-sector workers of their collective bargaining rights "wasn't a shock," and that several lawmakers in his caucus hoped to turn Wisconsin into a right-to-work state.
Scott Walker Ally: Collective Bargaining Rollback Was 'Middle Ground' For Wisconsin GOP
Scott Walker Ally: Collective Bargaining Rollback Was 'Middle Ground' For Wisconsin GOP
Taking Back Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Democratic State Senators have a very clear and very strong message. Watch the below video for their message.
We not only have to VOTE WALKER OUT on June 5th, but we must VOTE OUT the GOP Senators facing recall on June 5th.
We not only have to VOTE WALKER OUT on June 5th, but we must VOTE OUT the GOP Senators facing recall on June 5th.
Scott Walker, are you serious? Less pay because you're a woman?
Scott Walker recently eliminated a law that protects women from being paid less. Walker's action makes it easier for corporations to pay women less than men. It's incredible that Scott Walker would want to take our state backward. We can't support Walker because Walker just doesn't care about women.
Senators hear of concerns at corrections
WAUPUN — Concern for safety and low morale were a reoccurring theme State Senator Jessica King heard from more than 25 corrections officers Tuesday at the Waupun Public Library.
Senators hear of concerns at corrections
Senators hear of concerns at corrections
Student vote could make big difference in WI recall election
MADISON — In a gubernatorial recall election where every vote matters, the young voter could make a big difference in deciding who resides in the governor’s mansion.
Student vote could make big difference in WI recall election
Student vote could make big difference in WI recall election
Rep. Kapenga at Delafield Town Hall: Right-to-work legislation “ready to go” in Wisconsin - Blogging Blue
According to two attendees, Representative Chris Kapenga openly admitted that the GOP has plans to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state and that they’re just waiting for a politically opportune time.
Rep. Kapenga at Delafield Town Hall: Right-to-work legislation “ready to go” in Wisconsin - Blogging Blue
Rep. Kapenga at Delafield Town Hall: Right-to-work legislation “ready to go” in Wisconsin - Blogging Blue
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
All Hands on Deck - There Is No Time To Waste!
Brothers and Sisters,
There is no time to waste! In just 21 days Wisconsinites will head to the polls on June 5 and make history. We will stand up to reclaim Wisconsin. We will vote to put an end to Scott Walker’s worst-in-the-nation jobs record. We will join together to preserve a Wisconsin that honors and respects its working people.
We are fighting for a Wisconsin where the right to vote is encouraged, not taken away. A Wisconsin where our Governor does not have a criminal defense fund. A Wisconsin where our schools and communities are given the proper support to thrive.
The people of Wisconsin have voted for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to take on Scott Walker in the special recall election on June 5.
Tom Barrett has the full support of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. We know that Tom Barrett is committed to restoring collective bargaining rights and fighting on behalf of working people.
Together, united, we will defeat Scott Walker on June 5. With just three weeks to go until recall election day, there is no time to lose. Here are simple ways that you can help --
1. Volunteer - Click here for statewide locations where you can volunteer.
2. Donate – Click here to the Wisconsin Worker Defense Fund.
Checks can be sent to: 6333 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee WI, 53213
In the next three weeks, we must make sure that every person in Wisconsin understands that recalling Scott Walker is about preserving a strong middle class and stopping his job-killing policies which reward out-of-state corporate millionaires at the expense of Wisconsin families.
We have the opportunity to show the world that a people-powered movement can overcome corporate money, but we need each and every one of you to get involved and to vote on June 5.
In Solidarity,
Phil Neuenfeldt, President
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
There is no time to waste! In just 21 days Wisconsinites will head to the polls on June 5 and make history. We will stand up to reclaim Wisconsin. We will vote to put an end to Scott Walker’s worst-in-the-nation jobs record. We will join together to preserve a Wisconsin that honors and respects its working people.
We are fighting for a Wisconsin where the right to vote is encouraged, not taken away. A Wisconsin where our Governor does not have a criminal defense fund. A Wisconsin where our schools and communities are given the proper support to thrive.
The people of Wisconsin have voted for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to take on Scott Walker in the special recall election on June 5.
Tom Barrett has the full support of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. We know that Tom Barrett is committed to restoring collective bargaining rights and fighting on behalf of working people.
Together, united, we will defeat Scott Walker on June 5. With just three weeks to go until recall election day, there is no time to lose. Here are simple ways that you can help --
1. Volunteer - Click here for statewide locations where you can volunteer.
2. Donate – Click here to the Wisconsin Worker Defense Fund.
Checks can be sent to: 6333 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee WI, 53213
In the next three weeks, we must make sure that every person in Wisconsin understands that recalling Scott Walker is about preserving a strong middle class and stopping his job-killing policies which reward out-of-state corporate millionaires at the expense of Wisconsin families.
We have the opportunity to show the world that a people-powered movement can overcome corporate money, but we need each and every one of you to get involved and to vote on June 5.
In Solidarity,
Phil Neuenfeldt, President
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
The World Needs to See This
By now you’ve probably seen the video of Gov. Walker confiding with Beloit Billionaire Diane Hendricks about his “Divide and Conquer” strategy.
But do you remember Gov. Walker on statewide TV just weeks later saying exactly the opposite?
We do.
And we made a video to show everyone just how Gov. Walker tells his billionaire backers one thing, and the rest of us another.
We’ll leave it to you to decide which Gov. Walker was telling the truth.
One Wisconsin Now is a new-media online network of citizens from across Wisconsin committed to advancing progressive policy, leadership, values and ensuring equal economic opportunity for all.
But do you remember Gov. Walker on statewide TV just weeks later saying exactly the opposite?
We do.
And we made a video to show everyone just how Gov. Walker tells his billionaire backers one thing, and the rest of us another.
We’ll leave it to you to decide which Gov. Walker was telling the truth.
One Wisconsin Now is a new-media online network of citizens from across Wisconsin committed to advancing progressive policy, leadership, values and ensuring equal economic opportunity for all.
Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath to Congress? | The Nation
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker met with a billionaire campaign donor a month before he launched his attack on the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector workers and public-school teachers, he engaged in a detailed discussion about ...
Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath to Congress? | The Nation
Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath to Congress? | The Nation
Scott Walker's Official Work Time Declines As National Fame Grows
28, 2011, two weeks before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker unveiled his plan to slash public employee unions' powers, he dined at the Washington, DC, area home of Fred Malek, a wealthy Republican power broker. It was a taste of what would become routine ...
Scott Walker's Official Work Time Declines As National Fame Grows
Scott Walker's Official Work Time Declines As National Fame Grows
Tom Barrett: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker 'stonewalling' public on criminal investigation | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
AP MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says Gov. Scott Walker is “stonewalling” the public by not releasing more information about his involvement with an ongoing secret criminal investigation and his creation of a legal defense fund.
Tom Barrett: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker 'stonewalling' public on criminal investigation | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
Tom Barrett: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker 'stonewalling' public on criminal investigation | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's work time declines as national fame grows | The Oshkosh Northwestern | thenorthwestern.com
Through the state's open records law, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism received Gov. Scott Walker's official schedule as Google calendars that had been printed out, redacted and scanned back in as PDFs. Center reporters then created a ...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's work time declines as national fame grows | The Oshkosh Northwestern | thenorthwestern.com
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's work time declines as national fame grows | The Oshkosh Northwestern | thenorthwestern.com
Monday, May 14, 2012
Open Record Docs: Walker's "Employee Recognition Program" A Sham From the Start | Uppity Wisconsin
SEPAC NOTE: Scott Walker caught in yet, another lie, sham, untruth, whatever you want to label it.
Step into the time machine. We're going back one year, to May 2, 2011.
A few weeks earlier, Governor Walker not only decided to balance the budget on the back of teachers and other public workers, but he also stripped them of their collective bargaining rights and ability to unionize.
In an attempt to alter the public perception that he had unfairly attacked public workers, Walker rolled out "The State Employee Recognition Program."
Open Record Docs: Walker's "Employee Recognition Program" A Sham From the Start | Uppity Wisconsin
Step into the time machine. We're going back one year, to May 2, 2011.
A few weeks earlier, Governor Walker not only decided to balance the budget on the back of teachers and other public workers, but he also stripped them of their collective bargaining rights and ability to unionize.
In an attempt to alter the public perception that he had unfairly attacked public workers, Walker rolled out "The State Employee Recognition Program."
Open Record Docs: Walker's "Employee Recognition Program" A Sham From the Start | Uppity Wisconsin
Political Lowe-down: Will recall election be labor’s last stand? | FOX6Now.com – Milwaukee News & weather from WITI Television FOX6
…. If the unions win, it could essentially stop similar anti-union legislation in its tracks. “It sends a clear message to the right-wing groups that are fronting this assault. That workers aren’t just going to stand by and watch their rights be stripped away,” Richard Abelson, executive director of AFSCME District Council 48 said.
Political Lowe-down: Will recall election be labor’s last stand? | FOX6Now.com – Milwaukee News & weather from WITI Television FOX6
Political Lowe-down: Will recall election be labor’s last stand? | FOX6Now.com – Milwaukee News & weather from WITI Television FOX6
AFSCME | AFSCME Members Fired Up to Recall Wisconsin Governor Walker
Wisconsin voters have chosen Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as their candidate to recall Gov. Scott Walker on June 5 for his attack last year on workers’ rights, and AFSCME members are unifying behind him in this historic recall election.
AFSCME | AFSCME Members Fired Up to Recall Wisconsin Governor Walker
AFSCME | AFSCME Members Fired Up to Recall Wisconsin Governor Walker
AFSCME | AFSCME Honors Law Enforcement Officers
It’s National Police Week — a time to celebrate the law enforcement officers who put themselves in danger when duty calls, to protect our streets. And it’s a fitting time for lawmakers to commit themselves to adequately fund the grant programs that are critical to law enforcement.
AFSCME | AFSCME Honors Law Enforcement Officers
AFSCME | AFSCME Honors Law Enforcement Officers
AFSCME | AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”
"The stakes are too high to leave Jamie Dimon unsupervised," said Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, which sponsored the proposal. Dimon denied that the ‘London Whale' was making risky bets, and now that this has turned out to be a fish story, shareholders need to step in."
JPMorgan. Dimon currently holds the chairman and CEO titles.
AFSCME | AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”
JPMorgan. Dimon currently holds the chairman and CEO titles.
AFSCME | AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”
Walker’s official work time declines as national fame grows | WisconsinWatch.org
On Jan. 28, 2011, two weeks before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker unveiled his plan to slash public employee unions’ powers, he dined at the Washington, D.C., area home of Fred Malek, a wealthy Republican power broker.
It was a taste of what would become routine for Walker.
Walker’s official work time declines as national fame grows | WisconsinWatch.org
It was a taste of what would become routine for Walker.
Walker’s official work time declines as national fame grows | WisconsinWatch.org
Candidates React To 'Divide And Conquer' | UpFront with Mike Gousha - WISN Home
Lt. Governor Kleefisch has low integrity just like Scott Walker. She claims that Scott Walker never supported a tactic of "Divide and Conquer" even though their is video of his use of the words.
Watch the entire video footage of her attempt to defend Scott Walker. The video is seven and one-half minutes in length. You will observe her bully tactic of consistently interrupting Firefighter Mahlon Mitchell when he speaks in an attempt to not allow him to complete and communicate his response in their discussion.
Candidates React To 'Divide And Conquer' | UpFront with Mike Gousha - WISN Home
Watch the entire video footage of her attempt to defend Scott Walker. The video is seven and one-half minutes in length. You will observe her bully tactic of consistently interrupting Firefighter Mahlon Mitchell when he speaks in an attempt to not allow him to complete and communicate his response in their discussion.
Candidates React To 'Divide And Conquer' | UpFront with Mike Gousha - WISN Home
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Gov. Walker defends collective bargaining actions in convention speech | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
“Under the old system (of collective bargaining), it was ‘last hired, first fired,’” Walker said. “Our reform allows hiring and firing on merit, and pay raises on merit. We can keep the best and brightest and pay them more to keep them.”
Gov. Walker defends collective bargaining actions in convention speech | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
Gov. Walker defends collective bargaining actions in convention speech | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
Senate recall challenge by Compas is giving 'Fitz' fits
Lori Compas, 41, a freelance photographer and writer from Fort Atkinson, has become a legitimate thorn in Fitzgerald's side.
Senate recall challenge by Compas is giving 'Fitz' fits
Senate recall challenge by Compas is giving 'Fitz' fits
Barrett makes his case against Walker in La Crosse
Gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett speaks with supporters at "front yard event" Saturday at a home on 23rd street in La Crosse.
Barrett makes his case against Walker in La Crosse
Barrett makes his case against Walker in La Crosse
Students scramble for absentee ballots
With the June 5 recall election coming less than a month after the end of classes, college students are scrambling to get absentee ballots, which may be their only option for voting thanks to recent changes in the law.
Students scramble for absentee ballots
Students scramble for absentee ballots
State GOP can't agree on Senate candidate
GREEN BAY — None of the four Republican candidates for U.S. Senate was able to capture 60 percent of support at the state party convention Saturday, meaning no one will get the party's official endorsement.
State GOP can't agree on Senate candidate
State GOP can't agree on Senate candidate
Barrett launches grassroots campaign effort | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
DE PERE — Gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett is trying a new grass-roots campaign approach while banging the same drum, accusing incumbent Scott Walker of waging “ideological civil war.”
Barrett launches grassroots campaign effort | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
Barrett launches grassroots campaign effort | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com
Walker says Republicans should focus on his race
Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that Republicans gathering for the annual state convention this weekend should be focused on ensuring he and five other Republicans survive June 5 recall elections, even as an intraparty fight over endorsing GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate election threatens to be a distraction.
Walker says Republicans should focus on his race
Walker says Republicans should focus on his race
Walker: 'Everything in my power' to prevent right-to-work | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
SEPAC NOTE: Scott Walker is no Abraham Lincoln, he does tell lies...
Walker discussed right-to-work legislation in answer to questions posed by the media concerning recent publicity over his remarks about a “divide and conquer” strategy for going after the state’s public employee unions and their collective bargaining rights.
Walker: 'Everything in my power' to prevent right-to-work | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
Walker discussed right-to-work legislation in answer to questions posed by the media concerning recent publicity over his remarks about a “divide and conquer” strategy for going after the state’s public employee unions and their collective bargaining rights.
Walker: 'Everything in my power' to prevent right-to-work | Green Bay Press Gazette | greenbaypressgazette.com
Walker 'conquer' video becomes campaign fodder - JSOnline
Responding to the video ahead of the state Republican Party convention in Green Bay, Walker made his strongest statements to date that he did not want to pursue so-called right-to-work legislation, which would prohibit requiring private-sector employees to pay dues to a union. But he again declined to say whether he would sign such legislation.
Walker 'conquer' video becomes campaign fodder - JSOnline
Walker 'conquer' video becomes campaign fodder - JSOnline
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