Resolution:
Organize for a Union and Community Day of Action(s) January 4, 2027 at the Inauguration at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin and Localities Statewide
[Resolution by Unions and Community Organizations]
WHEREAS… the working people of Wisconsin with assistance by unions statewide, have made it clear that the first priority for the newly elected legislature and Governor elect is to overturn Act 10 and Right-To-Work (RTW) (for less);
WHEREAS… Act 10 and RTW are in complete opposition to working people generally and specifically the national and Wisconsin AFL-CIO and affiliate union constitutions;
WHEREAS… Act 10 and RTW have done great generational harm to all working people of Wisconsin including immigrants;
WHEREAS… the working people of Wisconsin and their unions, student, faith based and community organizations spent a great deal of time, resources and energy to ensure the election of many newly elected Assembly and Senate officials and the Governor elect;
WHEREAS… many of the newly elected Assembly Representatives and Senators and the Governor elect pledged to the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and affiliate unions statewide to assist in overturning Act 10 and repealing RTW;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT…. Individual unions organize delegations to Madison January 4, 2027 and encourage unions and community organizations statewide to do the same to join together to welcome the newly elected representatives and the Govern elect and to put forth the demands of overturning Act 10 and repealing RTW;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT … All unions encourage other unions and community organizations to have actions in their localities if unable to travel to Madison;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT … Individual unions encourage their Labor Councils to vote affirmatively for a same or similar resolution as this;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT… Unions use its communications to make this resolution widely known to other unions and community organizations statewide;
LET IT FURTHER BE KNOWN THAT… We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with all working people in Wisconsin, in gratitude for their past support, in solidarity with their struggle to defend democracy and in determination to defend all unions and our community friends. Let this resolution stand as an example to be followed by all unions in Wisconsin to show the power of organized labor in shaping history to improve the lives of all working people. ###
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Resolution November 2026.
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