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Related: About this forumProtect Higher Ed in Wisconsin Prevailing Wage attach Make calls if you can ----
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I saw an article in the paper today that Walker is sticking to his guns about UW cuts. damn!
Protect Higher Ed in Wisconsin
Wisconsin AFL-CIO <solidarity@wisaflcio.org> Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:58 PM
Reply-To: solidarity@wisaflcio.org
To: XXX
WI AFL-CIO
XXX,
Over a century ago in 1904, University of Wisconsin President Charles Van Hise declared that he would never be content until the benefits of the university reached every family in the state. Since then, the people of Wisconsin have proudly come together to help fund a public university system that is a crown jewel of our state. For a hundred years, any academically-prepared young person, regardless of his or her background, has had the opportunity to get a quality college education without going into massive debt. It has been a critical pathway to success for generations of Wisconsins working families.
Union members play an essential role in making our UW-System function. From heating and maintenance, to cafeteria work, janitorial crews, teaching and administrative support working people all come together to make our UW-System one of the finest in the world.
Now, Gov. Walker and his allies in the legislature are attacking the very foundation of our higher education system. Theyre calling for massive cuts to funding levels, the removal of shared governance that gives faculty, staff and students a voice in decision-making on UW campuses, and the elimination of tenure, one of the fundamental principles of academic freedom that protects learning and research from political interference.
Members of AFT-Wisconsin -- the union for faculty, academic staff, and graduate employees -- members of AFSCME -- the union for classified staff and Building Trades members who do skilled trades work on campus are sounding the alarm and fighting back against these dangerous proposals to our UW System. Please take a moment to sign the petition.
Click here to sign the AFT-Wisconsin petition to protect our University of Wisconsin.
https://leadernet.aft.org/webform/take-stand-university-wisconsin?can_id=9cf99c7de98c34cdc8ea7fb05371e5dc&source=email-protect-higher-ed-in-wisconsin&email_referrer=protect-higher-ed-in-wisconsin___7849
Devastating cuts to our UW System: Just a few decades ago, over seventy percent of the UW Systems budget came from public funds. Now, its well under 20%. Slashing another $250 million from UW campuses will lead to course and program cuts, increased class sizes, crumbling campus infrastructure, diminishing academic excellence and job loss -- and will deal a massive blow to the local Wisconsin economies that depend on their UW campuses as an engine of local economic growth.
Destruction of Shared Governance: University shared governance reflects values that every union member will recognize: whether its a steel mill or a college campus, a workplace functions best when the people who work and learn there have a voice in making critical decisions. Scott Walker wants to eliminate shared governance and have our campuses run by a Board of Regents that only he appoints.
Abolishment of Tenure: Faculty tenure and equivalent job security for academic staff are critical for universities to function. It frees research and teaching from politics. What happens to the search for truth when you can get fired for reaching conclusions that dont support the party line?
Reckless Privatization of Campus Services: Hardworking classified staff provide the essential foundation of a strong university and campus. These services range from janitorial to grounds keeping, administrative to cafeteria work. This budget further incentivizes campuses to privatize whole departments like they did with janitorial and grounds crew workers at UW-Superior. At UW-Superior, a private firm hijacked services resulting in low-wages for workers and subpar services for students. Not only were good-paying, family-supporting jobs eliminated -- the quality of the work suffered. Everybody loses in the privatization of public services.
A century ago, as a people Wisconsinites decided that an affordable world-class public university system benefitted everyone in our state. We were willing to support it, and together we built a system that became a model for the world. Now our precious University of Wisconsin System is facing an attack driven by extremist ideology and political ambition.
Tell Scott Walker and his friends in the legislature that this is our University of Wisconsin System. We built it and we wont stand by as they try to tear it down.
Click here to sign the AFT-Wisconsin petition to protect higher education in Wisconsin.
In Solidarity,
Phil Neuenfeldt, President
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer
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Protect Higher Ed in Wisconsin Prevailing Wage attach Make calls if you can ---- (Original Post)
riversedge
Jun 2015
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Prevailing Wage Attacked » make CALLS to your Reps please LIST of sites across WI
riversedge
Jun 2015
#1
riversedge
(70,483 posts)1. Prevailing Wage Attacked » make CALLS to your Reps please LIST of sites across WI
pass this around if you want to:
« Protect Higher Ed in Wisconsin | Main | Prevailing Wage Attacked »
06/26/2015
Make Calls to Fix the Worst Budget Ever
Budget negotiations have stalled as Republicans squabble over how many ways they can attack working families and roll back public services in Wisconsin. You can be sure that lawmakers are hearing from big-time lobbyists and special interests during this time. Now, it is time for lawmakers to hear from real Wisconsinites and get YOUR thoughts on the budget.
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO will be hosting phone banks to help connect union members with their elected representatives. Sign up now to connect voters to their legislators and make sure they know that Wisconsinites oppose this budget.
Working people are sounding the alarm against cuts to public schools, attacks on prevailing wage, the federalization of Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave protections, the privatization of homecare, destruction of the ideals that the UW-System was built on, job cuts at prisons and cuts to public services such as recycling and public broadcasting.
Phone banks will be open in Eau Claire, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids. Come and help educate and motivate others to speak out about Gov. Walkers bad budget.
Times and locations are as follows:
Madison: South Central Federation of Labor, 1602 S. Park Street #212, Madison, 53715
Contact: Wendy Strout wstrout@aflcio.org for further information or to RSVP.
Monday, 6/29 - 3p7p
Tuesday, 6/30 3p-7p
Wednesday, 7/1 - 3p7p
Thursday, 7/2 - 3p7p
Monday, 7/6 - 3p7p
Tuesday, 7/7 - 3p7p
Wednesday, 7/8 - 3p7p
Thursday, 7/9 - 3p7p
Milwaukee: Wisconsin AFL-CIO, 6333 West Bluemound, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, 53213
Contact: Emily Kitchin - ekitchin@wisaflcio.org for further information or to RSVP.
Monday, 6/29 - 3p7p
Tuesday, 6/30 3p-7p
Wednesday, 7/1 - 3p7p
Thursday, 7/2 - 3p7p
Monday, 7/6 - 3p7p
Tuesday, 7/7 - 3p7p
Wednesday, 7/8 - 3p7p
Thursday, 7/9 - 3p7p
Kenosha: UAW 72 - 3615 Washington Rd., Kenosha, 53144
Contact Justin Geiger - jgeiger@wisaflcio.org for further information or to RSVP.
Tuesday, June 30
2 PM 6 PM
Tuesday, July 7
2 PM 6 PM
Thursday, July 9
2 PM 6 PM
Eau Claire: Eau Claire Labor Temple, 2233 Birch Street, Eau Claire, 54703
Contact Andy Thompson, athompson@wisaflcio.org
Tuesday, June 30
4 PM 7 PM
Wednesday, July 1
4 PM 7 PM
Wausau: Wausau Labor Temple, 318 S. 3rd Ave., Wausau
Contact Sabrina Johnson, sjohnson@wisaflcio.org
Tuesday, June 30
4 PM 7 PM
Thursday, July 2
4 PM 7 PM
Wisconsin Rapids, LIUNA Hall, 220 Johnson Street
Contact Sabrina Johnson, sjohnson@wisaflcio.org
Wednesday, July 1
4 PM 7 PM
Make your voice heard! Working people coming together to participate in democracy makes our state stronger. The time is now to raise your voice against Gov. Walker and the Republicans disaster budget that will be a lasting negative impact on generations to come.
- See more at: http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2015/06/budget-calls.html?can_id=9cf99c7de98c34cdc8ea7fb05371e5dc&source=email-prevailing-wage-attacked&email_referrer=prevailing-wage-attacked#sthash.C7TK6cQx.dpuf
riversedge
(70,483 posts)2. New Assembly GOP proposal would roll back prevailing wage
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Citizen Action of WI ?@CitizenActionWI Jun 29
New Assembly GOP proposal would roll back prevailing wage http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/new-assembly-gop-proposal-would-roll-back-prevailing-wage-b99528521z1-310663101.html #wiunion