From the Wisconsin AFL-CIO
The people went to the polls in
November and voted for a new direction in Madison, not a repeat of the Scott
Walker dirty tricks playbook. Yet, immediately after Tony Evers was elected
Governor, Republicans in the State Legislature revealed their plans to hold a
special legislative session to take away critical pieces of the new Democratic
governor's authority before he takes office.
A special session is a period
when the legislature meets and passes bills outside of a normally scheduled
legislative session.
Republican legislators even want
to change long established election dates and add an additional statewide
election that will cost taxpayers millions of dollars just to give their
hand-picked conservative justice a better chance at winning a Supreme Court
election.
TAKE ACTION NOW to stop the
GOP lame duck power grab:
1. CALL 866-832-1560 and tell your legislators you oppose the lame-duck special
session power grab.
3. Share the call-in number
to your social media pages.
Republicans aren’t looking to help
Wisconsinites in this special session, but to rig our democracy to their own
unfair advantage. Senate
Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) plainly stated the
motive for changing the election date is to give a hand-picked conservative
judge a 'better chance' at election.
Republicans in the
Legislature need to stop playing politics. Voters went to the polls and spoke loud and clear that we want
a new direction in Madison, not the same old political games from Scott Walker.
Instead of being sore losers, the legislature needs to start solving
Wisconsin’s problems. Wisconsinites want our elected officials to work together
on the issues that matter to working families: creating good jobs, fixing a
rigged economy that favors the wealthy, protecting affordable health care, and
strengthening our middle class by strengthening union rights.
Take action now to stop the
special session power grab today. CALL 866-832-1560 and tell your legislators you oppose the lame-duck special
session and want our elected officials to work together with our newly elected
Governor on solving real issues facing working families.
In Solidarity,
Stephanie Bloomingdale, President
Dennis Delie, Secretary-Treasurer