Jaclyn Kelly has been a board member of AFSCME Local 526 since 2014 and president since 2016. She has worked at the Milwaukee Public Museum since 2008 as an educator specializing in communicating history.

AFSCME Local 526 has been a chartered local of AFSCME since 1964. The workers have been working without a contract since January 1st due to management’s proposed deep cuts or freezes to healthcare, 401(k), and pay.

AFSCME Wisconsin Council 32

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Want to stand with Milwaukee Public Museum members?

Call MPM CEO Dr. Ellen Censky (414-278-2746) and ask her to approve a contract that respects museum workers by providing livable wages, fair raises, affordable health insurance and paid parental leave!

AFSCME Local 526 President Jaclyn Kelly / Photo: Joe Brusky

Thanks to the Coalition to March on the DNC and 14 other groups for organizing this rally at Dontre Hamilton Park and march to UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena to protest Trump’s visit on January 14, 2020. #TrumpOutofMilwaukee #NoHateNoFear #Resist

Jan. 24, 2020: Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqi’s protest to demand the U.S. leave Iraq.

Rallies will take place in an unprecedented number of U.S. cities, and in many other countries around the world.  Click here to find a rally near you. Please join us.

Wisconsin

Madison, WI
12 Noon at Wisconsin State Capitol
RSVP here!

Milwaukee, WI
12 Noon at 2323 N Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
RSVP here!

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United National Anti-War Conference (UNAC) Feb. 21-23, 2020 National Conference

Trump’s drone killing of Iranian leader Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, along with several other people, has outraged the world and has revitalized the antiwar movement in the U.S. and around the world.  Let’s build on this momentum.  Join us in New York City on February 21 – 23 at the national conference of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC).  Many leaders of the U.S. peace movement will be there.

You can register for the conference here (space is limited)

Low cost rooms are available near the venue at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Click here.

Others who will be at the conference include: Ann Wright, Ajamu Baraka, Glen Ford, Ray McGovern, Kevin Zeese, Medea Benjamin, Gail Walker, Margaret Flowers, Margaret Kimberley, Sara Flounders, Jeff Mackler, Rhonda Ramiro, Clare Grady, Camilo Mejia, Joe Lombardo, Bahman Azad, Frank Chapman, Abby Martin, Pam Africa, Cassia Laham, Omowale Clay, William Camacaro and more.

Rally for Chrystul Kizer at UW-Parkside

5 – 6:30 P.M.

District Attorney Michael Graveley is an occasional instructor at UW Parkside and is teaching Criminal Law this semester.

He is also remorselessly prosecuting Chrystul Kizer, a young Black teenager who was defending herself from rapist and child trafficker Randy Volar, a 35 year old white man. Volar threatened, sexually abused, and trafficked Chrystul and she ended up killing him in self defense. She is now facing a life in prison.

Graveley has the power to drop charges, but he continues to press on, slandering Chrystul on social media and in the court room. Join us for a rally at UW Parkside, on the first day of Graveley’s class, to demand that he drop the charges.

AFGE

https://www.afge.org/

#ProtectTheEPA

https://bit.ly/37pCXpR

Photo: Sue Ruggles

Women Rising: Celebrating A Decade Of Women Leading Struggle

Join the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and friends for the annual celebration of international women’s day!

Enjoy an evening of refreshments and discussion as we look back on 10 years and forward into the next decade, highlighting the accomplishments and leadership of women in the struggle for a better world.

Childcare for this event will be available and provided on location!

Location TBD, check back soon!

https://bit.ly/30P9LWN

The Day of the Plurinational State of Bolivia is celebrated on Jan. 22. Eleven years have passed since 2009, when the country’s so-called “re-foundation” was carried out, led by the first Indigenous president, Evo Morales. That day marked the beginning of a new political, social and economic horizon for the Andean nation.

The process of transition to a new state was approved in a constitutional referendum on Jan. 25, 2009, with 61.43 percent of the votes and a historical turnout of 90.26 percent, and was promulgated on Feb. 7 of the same year.

However, in 2010, Morales officially declares Jan. 22 as the official day of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

This day, the South American country celebrates the approval of a New Political Constitution in which the state leaves behind its traditional model of Republic, and the legacy of Spanish colonization, to give way to the Plurinational State that is ruled by the principles of unity, community, and respect for the plurinational law, according to the new document.

A “free, independent, sovereign, democratic, intercultural, decentralized and autonomous” State that harbors new political figures in the structures of power as well as in the leadership of the State: the Indigenous and Campesino peoples….

https://www.telesurenglish.net/

UW Nurses need your support!

You are strongly encouraged to attend a Town Hall meeting hosted by UW Health nurses demanding a union and SCFL. There will be a panel of nurses sharing their story and fielding questions from labor brothers and sisters.

Many of you have asked how you can help these nurses. This is your chance. Come meet the nurses organizing at UW Health and learn how you can help make sure the UWHCA board does the right thing.

What: UWHCA Union Nurses Town Hall & Solidarity Committee
When: Wednesday, January 29th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St.

Hosted by South Central Federation of Labor

Press Conference at City Hall

6 P.M., Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E Wells Street

The Coalition to March on the DNC is announcing our intent to file a lawsuit against Mayor Tom Barrett and the City of Milwaukee.

In the spring of 2019 the Coalition to March on the DNC submitted a request to the City of Milwaukee for a permit. The City Permitting Office under Mayor Tom Barrett has failed to deliver this permit.

Mayor Tom Barrett is spending tens of millions on welcoming Wall Street billionaires and the Democratic National Committee, but is refusing us a permit to march. We want the permit now!

The Coalition is consulting civil rights attorneys to sue the City over this denial of basic democratic rights. We know Mayor Tom Barrett, the Milwaukee Police and the Secret Service have been meeting for six months yet have failed to provide us a permit or even talk to us.

Come join us at the Rotunda in City Hall!