Political Action Training: Prepare NOW for November

“We can’t count on luck to elect politicians who will answer to working families,” says Sara Rogers, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Executive Vice President and Political Director.  “Good results in the fall depend on planning and preparation in the spring.”

To those ends, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO is sponsoring Political Action Training sessions around the state, making sure that union volunteers have knowledge and tools necessary to organize for victory.

The first of these trainings took place in Milwaukee on Friday, April 16.  Participants from AFSCME Local 594, AFSCME Local 882, AFSCME Local 1954, AFSCME Local 2412, AFT Local 212, ATU Local 998, CWA Local 4603, CWA Local 32035, CWA/TNG Local 33035, DALU Local 24111, IAMAW Lodge 66, IAMAW Lodge 510, IUOE Local 139, IUPAT Local 781, LIUNA Local 113, LIUNA Local 140, LIUNA Local 330, LIUNA Local 464, IRON Local 8, NALC Branch 2, OPEIU Local 9, OPEIU Local 35, SMWIA Local 18, UA Local 75, UAW Local 95, UAW Local 438, UAW Local 469, UAW Local 833, UFCW Local 1473, USW Local 2-209, USW Local 1114, WFNHP-AFT Local 5001 and the WI Alliance for Retired Americans learned valuable skills and strategies to elect the best candidates for working people.

The Green Bay area training session took place on Saturday, April 17.  Activists from AFSCME Local 2748, CWA Local 4630, CWA Local 32035, DALU Local 24111, GMP Local 121B, IBB Local 107, IBB Local 449, IBEW Local 2150, IUPAT Local 1204, LIUNA Local 330, UA Local 434, USW Local 1096, USW Local 2-20, USW Local 2-1279, USW Local 2-469 and USW District 2 left energized for and educated about the 2010 election cycle.

If you missed out on the sessions in Milwaukee and Green Bay, don’t despair.

The next Political Action Training will be held on May 15th in Eau Claire.  Click here for more information, and then click here for the registration form.

(Top Photo: David Carpio of the national AFL-CIO leading the Political Action Training in Green Bay.  Photo Credit: Greg Hinds.  For more pictures from Green Bay, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisaflcio/sets/72157623882537444/. Middle Photo: Tracy Miller of UAW Local 95 sits in the center of her fellow participants at the Political Action training in Milwaukee. Photo Credit: Justin Geiger.  Bottom Photo: Claire Zellner and Dora Weddel of CWA Local 4603 take notes at the Political Action training in Milwaukee.  Photo Credit: Justin Geiger.  For more pictures from Milwaukee, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisaflcio/sets/72157623765606471/.)