Posted on 06/06/2012 12:23:51 PM PDT by SubMareener
Dear XXXX,
A year and a half ago, Gov. Scott Walker and his friends in the Senate forced through an extremist anti-worker agenda that divided the state. Last night, Wisconsin took back its Senate. While Gov. Walker remains in office after being only the third governor in American history subjected to the humiliation of a recall, his divisive agenda has been stopped cold.
Though Walker was shielded with a flood of secret corporate cash, Wisconsin made its voice heard. While we came closer to recalling Walker than many expected, we ended up coming just short.
The work we did together was about much more than just this one election.
We laid the groundwork for a powerful movement to push back against Walker-style anti-working family policies everywhere. The energy and momentum in Wisconsin have inspired working people from all walks of life to stand together in solidarity in unprecedented ways.
We cannot stop now. Click here to sign our solidarity pledge to commit to building on the momentum working people created in Wisconsin and beyond to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.
Wisconsin is a small piece of a broader global movement of people pushing back on the corporate-driven policies that have favored the super-rich at the expense of good jobs, education and the health of our communities.
And we are winning. We’ve seen it in Tunisia, Yemen and other countries where the Arab Spring has taken hold; in Greece and France, where voters rejected the failed, Draconian policies of austerity; and here in the United States, where members of the Occupy movement continue to shine a much-needed light on Wall Street greed and ballooning economic inequality.
Working people are making history every day through their courage and resolve to work together for a better world. For you, it may have begun with Wisconsin, but it should not stop there.
Click here to sign our pledge of solidarity to say you will continue to stand with other working people to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.
Thank you for everything you have done and will continue to do for working families.
In Solidarity,
Richard Trumka President, AFL-CIO
P.S. Want to be the first to hear about our exciting new campaigns planned for the summer? Sign our solidarity pledge now so you can be one of the first to receive updates.
Michigan. A little national attention could go a long way toward stiffening the jello spines in Lansing. We made sizable gains despite RINO foot dragging but that could change with a little tea party help.
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/pubs/mcc/
Unlike the unions, who spent their members' money like water and were humiliated with a resounding defeat.
that’s actually the most delusional thing I’ve read in a long time
Sounds like Baghdad Bob! Sure, Walker and his supporters will drown in a sea of their own blood . . .
If you say so.
Will the last one to leave the AFL-CIO turn off the lights please?
Trunka is a dickless idiot.
12% WIN IS "JUST SHORT"?
What a dolt.
As a former resident of Michigan, I’m very familiar with union pigs like fatso Trumka.
Trumka is a fat slob who runs to the nearest bar to make certain he has dibs on a barstool. He will sit there all day, chugging beers and shots, until momma comes around to drive him home to reintroduce him to his orphaned kids.
He has a big, fat mouth and can’t fight for shit. Ask him to step outside to duke it out, and he’ll cry like a baby. The one word of warning is to never turn your back on these fascists. They are cowards and will attack when you’re not looking.
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