Wisconsin Solidarity March & Rally - May 1 in Milwaukee!

On tonight's statewide AFT leadership call, AFT-W president Bryan Kennedy said that he wants to make this the largest rally we've had in this state! National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will be there and he is a very motivating speaker (I heard him at the national AFT convention in Seattle last summer). Participants will also reflect on the Bayview Massacre site where 7 men were killed by militia as they were marching for an 8-hr work day 125 years ago! Plan to be in Milwaukee on May 1! See messages below from Bryan and also Phil Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin AFL-CIO president.

Dear AFT-W Brothers and Sisters: Please see information below about the May Day Rally in Milwaukee with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. We need to mobilize our members and have a strong AFT showing. Please share with your members and encourage large-scale participation. Thanks.

In solidarity,
Bryan Kennedy, Ph.D.
President, AFT-Wisconsin

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From: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO <solidarity@wisaflcio.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:36:51 -0700
Subject: Wisconsin Solidarity March and Rally

Brothers and Sisters,

<http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=PwZqNrAa6B5eNGCOeJxAL1EGOnEvITmr> May 1st is a day to celebrate working men and women across the world. Please join us for a Wisconsin May Day Rally and Solidarity March for Immigrant and Worker Rights. Union and community members will meet at 1:30 pm at 5th and Washington St. in Milwaukee. We will then march to Veteran’s Park (1010 N. Memorial Dr.) for a 3:00 pm rally with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera Christine Neumann-Ortiz, and student and union leaders. There will be live music!

Help spread the word. Click here <http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=ROqMcc8cR2dV8lh8cnlCYlEGOnEvITmr> to print a poster for the rally. You can share the poster around town, in your work and in your community. You can also use the poster on Face Book and social media sites.

Workers in Wisconsin are under attack. Jobs have been shipped overseas, wages and benefits have been slashed. Governor Walker and his supporters like the Koch brothers are trying to divide private sector workers against the public employees who serve them and American workers against their immigrant brothers and sisters. Workers didn’t ship our jobs overseas, cut our wages or take away our union rights. On Sunday May 1st we will march in solidarity against the attacks on all of Wisconsin workers.

In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO