Labor & Employment Law

Turn Outrage to Action: Contact Your State Lawmakers NOW

By Tula Connell

What happened last night in the Wisconsin State Legislature is not democracy. It was backdoor deal-making, twisted partisan politics not worthy of America, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, vowing that:

this assault on workers? freedom will not stand.

And as tens of thousands are gathering today in Wisconsin to protest the dirty-tricks passage of a bill that takes away public employees’ right to bargain for good middle-class jobs, we need to take action NOW in support of Wisconsin workers and put lawmakers on notice.   

Take action now: Tell your state legislators that what happened in Wisconsin last night is unacceptable in any state.

Last night, Gov. Walker and his rubber-stamp Republican senators showed us they will do just about anything to pay back corporate donors by stripping workers of their right to bargain for good, middle-class jobs.

And we need to show Walker and all who would subvert democracy that working Americans won?t stand for it. Not in Wisconsin?not anywhere.

Take action now: Tell your state legislators that what happened in Wisconsin last night is unacceptable in any state.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).