Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Blog

Call-In Action to Strengthen Democracy

Our democracy is under attack. To protect it, we must sideline the filibuster and protect our right to vote. Call your senators.

Sideline the Filibuster

An outdated procedure in the Senate is stopping us from passing laws. We want to help people, but the filibuster makes that nearly impossible. And we need to make sure the lawmakers we elect can pass the laws people want. That starts with sidelining the filibuster and passing voting rights legislation. The Senate already has two voting rights bills: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. They haven’t passed yet because of the filibuster. Embarrassing. So call your senators and tell them to sideline the filibuster and protect our right to vote.

PETITION: Sideline the filibuster and protect voting rights

Our democracy is under attack. The Senate must sideline the filibuster and make sure everyone can vote. Sign the petition: Sideline the filibuster and protect our right to vote.

Sign the Petition

It shouldn’t be hard to make laws to help people—especially now, when so many Americans are struggling. It should be a simple 50-vote majority, but that’s not possible with a filibuster on the table. So laws aren’t getting passed and people don’t get help. Is this democracy? Nineteen state legislatures have passed laws that make it harder to vote. Laws that make voting by mail more difficult, shorten early voting and reduce the number of polling places. Laws targeting voters of color and voters with disabilities. Is this democracy? Our democracy is under threat, and the U.S. Senate must take action to protect it. There are two bills in the Senate that expand voting rights: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. They haven’t passed yet because of the filibuster. So tell your senators: Sideline the filibuster. Pass voting rights legislation. Our democracy depends on it.

Stand with Colectivo Workers

Join IBEW Local 494 and the Colectivo Collective union workers this Wednesday, January 12, at 9:00 a.m. to call on Colectivo owners and management to stop stalling and bargain a first union contract in good faith.

Join us as we deliver petitions to Colectivo Headquarters in Riverwest in Milwaukee urging management to sit down and negotiate.

First, sign the petition in support of the Colectivo workers' right to negotiate their first union contract. ☕✊🏽👇

Sign at: bit.ly/ColectivoWorkersPetition

Then, stand in solidarity to deliver petitions.

• Petition delivery and solidarity action
• 9:00 am on Wednesday, January 12, 2022
• Colectivo 2999 N Humboldt Blvd, Milwaukee

Workers at Colectivo Coffee in Milwaukee, Madison, and Illinois voted and won union rights with the IBEW 494 and IBEW Local 1220. Now, it’s time for Colectivo to stop stalling and negotiate a first union contract in good faith.

Click here to sign the petition to call on Colectivo to bargain in good faith. Colectivo Collective workers with the IBEW Local 494 are fighting for dignity, respect, safe working conditions and fair wages.

Join Colectivo workers this Wednesday in Milwaukee as we call on Colectivo owners to bargain in good faith with their employees for a first union contract.

Senator Ron Johnson Has Turned His Back on the People of Wisconsin

Statement by Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale on Ron Johnson seeking re-election in November 2022:

Senator Ron Johnson has turned his back on the people of Wisconsin. Senator Ron Johnson voted against good union jobs by voting against the bipartisan infrastructure deal and by refusing to build our middle class by failing to back the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Senator Johnson has repeatedly failed to support common sense legislation that helps workers, strengthens our middle class, and advances the health, well-being, and stability of our state and nation. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO will mobilize and educate on Senator Johnson’s anti-worker, anti-jobs record.