Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Blog

How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Working People

On Friday, the House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic bill to lower health care and energy costs, boost domestic production of clean energy and create a fairer tax system. The bill tackles two of the biggest drivers of increasing costs: health care and energy prices. By capping prescription drug prices and ramping up America’s clean energy industry, this bill will not only support seniors, it also will create a cleaner environment for future generations.

Specifically, the Inflation Reduction Act will:

• Allow Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices for seniors.
• Create inflation caps for Medicare prescription drugs.
• Improve Medicare prescription benefits.
• Prevent a premium spike for Affordable Care Act enrollees.
• Invest $80 billion in the IRS to strengthen enforcement without increasing taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year.
• Impose a 15% minimum corporate tax on corporations with profits exceeding $1 billion.
• Reduce climate pollution by 40%.
• Provide tens of billions in energy investment and production tax credits.
• Include tens of billions in manufacturing tax credits.
• Support electric vehicle purchases by the Postal Service.
• Make major investments in communities and environmental justice.
• Fund the Department of Energy to make hundreds of billions of dollars of loans to upgrade energy and grid infrastructure.
• Enact clean energy tax incentives.
• Create nearly 1.5 million new jobs and spur economic growth concentrated in clean energy.

The Inflation Reduction Act is truly a game-changing bill that will help balance the scales by lifting up more workers and creating more opportunities for us to get ahead. It now headed to President Biden’s desk for his signature. Once it is law, the legislation will represent a significant victory for working families.

Vote in the August 9 Primary

Wisconsin’s Fall Primary is Tuesday, August 9. Do you have a plan to vote? Lookup your polling place and preview what is on your ballot at myvote.wi.gov.

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO is proud to support Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate, Tony Evers for Wisconsin Governor, and Josh Kaul for Attorney General.

Click here to view a list of our current candidate endorsements.

In-person early voting is still happening in some locations. Check with your municipal clerk for available early vote times and locations in your area. If you plan to vote by mail-in absentee ballot, make sure you return your completed ballot to your municipal clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, August 9.

When union members vote, we advance fairness and economic justice in our workplaces and communities. As we look ahead to November 2022, we must continue to organize for a workers first future. That starts at the ballot box next Tuesday.

View pro-worker, union-approved candidates here and make a plan to vote on August 9 in the Fall 2022 Primary.

Reduce Inflation ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

The Inflation Reduction Act will fight inflation by cutting the cost of health care and energy for millions of Americans. It’ll fix our broken tax system where corporations and the megarich don’t pay their fair share. Add your name to thank the senators who are voting to pass this bill.

Tax corporations and reduce costs for working people? These policies are just common sense—which is why 73% of voters support this bill. Here are eight ways the Inflation Reduction Act will help working people: Negotiate lower drug prices for seniors. Cap future drug price increases. Improve Medicare prescription benefits. Prevent a premium spike for Affordable Care Act enrollees. Invest in our climate and energy and manufacturing jobs. Strengthen IRS enforcement on the megarich. Impose a 15% minimum tax on big corporations. Close the “carried interest” tax loophole. This Inflation Reduction Act offers our country a real chance to build a safer, healthier and cleaner future. Instead of blaming working people for inflation, Senate Democrats are voting to pass a bill that will reduce inflation. Add your name to say thank you.

Labor 2022 Endorsed Candidates

Wisconsin's Fall 2022 Election is Tuesday, November 8, 2022. On the ballot will be the Governor's race, a U.S. Senate seat, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Wisconsin Senate and Assembly races.

View what's on your ballot at myvote.wi.gov. 

Get involved with our member to member political mobilization program to talk with union members about the importance of voting for pro-union candidates at wisaflcio.org/mobilize and check back to this page for more endorsements. 

 

Wisconsin AFL-CIO Fall 2022 Election Endorsements  

*indicates candidate is a union member 

 

Office	District	Endorsed	Candidate
Governor	Statewide	Tony	Evers
Attorney General	Statewide	Josh	Kaul
Lieutenant Governor	Statewide	Sara	Rodriguez
Secretary of State	Statewide	Doug	La Follette
State Treasurer	Statewide	Aaron	Richardson
US Senate	Statewide	Mandela	Barnes
US House	1	Ann	Roe
US House	2	Mark	Pocan*
US House	3	Brad	Pfaff
US House	4	Gwen	Moore
State Senate	1	Andrea	Gage-Michaels
State Senate	3	Tim	Carpenter
State Senate	7	Chris	Larson
State Senate	11	Steven	Doelder*
State Senate	15	Mark	Spreitzer
State Senate	17	Pat	Skogen
State Senate	19	Kristin	Alfheim
State Senate	25	Kelly	Westlund
State Senate	27	Dianne	Hesselbein
State Senate	29	Bob	Look
State Senate	31	Jeff	Smith
State Assembly	1	Roberta	Liska Thelen
State Assembly	2	Renee	Gasch
State Assembly	5	Joseph Patrick	Van Deurzen
State Assembly	6	William	Switalla
State Assembly	7	Daniel	Riemer
State Assembly	8	Sylvia	Ortiz-Velez
State Assembly	9	Marisabel	Cabrera
State Assembly	10	Darrin	Madison
State Assembly	11	Dora	Drake
State Assembly	12	LaKeshia	Myers
State Assembly	13	Sarah	Harrison
State Assembly	14	Robyn	Beckley Vining
State Assembly	16	Kalan	Haywood
State Assembly	17	Supreme	Moore-Omokunde
State Assembly	18	Evan	Goyke
State Assembly	19	Ryan	Clancy
State Assembly	20	Christine	Sinicki
State Assembly	21	Nathan	Jurowski
State Assembly	22	Matt	Brown*
State Assembly	23	Deb	Andraca
State Assembly	24	Bob	Tatterson
State Assembly	26	Lisa	Salgado
State Assembly	28	Patty	Schachtner
State Assembly	30	Sarah	Yacoub
State Assembly	31	Brienne	Brown*
State Assembly	33	Don	Vruwink
State Assembly	36	Ben	Murray
State Assembly	37	Maureen	McCarville
State Assembly	40	Henry	Fries
State Assembly	42	Theresa	Valencia*
State Assembly	43	Jenna	Jacobson
State Assembly	44	Sue	Conley*
State Assembly	45	Clinton	Anderson
State Assembly	46	Melissa	Ratcliff
State Assembly	47	Jimmy	Anderson
State Assembly	48	Samba	Baldeh
State Assembly	51	Leah	Spicer
State Assembly	52	Joe	Lavrenz
State Assembly	54	Lori	Palmeri
State Assembly	55	Stefanie	Holt
State Assembly	56	Patrick	Hayden
State Assembly	57	Lee	Snodgrass
State Assembly	60	Daniel	Larsen
State Assembly	61	Max	Winkels
State Assembly	62	Anthony	Hammes
State Assembly	64	Tip	McGuire
State Assembly	65	Tod	Ohnstad*
State Assembly	66	Greta	Neubauer
State Assembly	67	Jason	Bennett
State Assembly	68	Nate	Otto
State Assembly	69	Lisa	Boero
State Assembly	70	Remy	Gomez
State Assembly	71	Katrina	Shankland
State Assembly	72	Criste	Greening
State Assembly	74	John	Adams
State Assembly	76	Francesca	Hong
State Assembly	77	Shelia	Stubbs
State Assembly	78	Lisa	Subeck
State Assembly	79	Alex	Joers
State Assembly	80	Mike	Bare
State Assembly	81	David	Considine
State Assembly	82	Deborah	Davis*
State Assembly	84	Lu Ann	Bird
State Assembly	85	Kristin	Conway
State Assembly	87	Elizabeth	Riley
State Assembly	88	Hannah	Beauchamp-Pope
State Assembly	89	Jane	Benson
State Assembly	90	Kristina	Shelton
State Assembly	91	Jodi	Emerson
State Assembly	93	Alison	Page
State Assembly	94	Steve	Doyle
State Assembly	95	Jill	Billings
State Assembly	98	Christina	Barry