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Phone Calls to Union Members in the City of Madison

Come over to the Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) and make some phone calls to SCFL and MTI members to promote MTI endorsed candidates Arlene Silveira and Michael Flores. These calls are important and productive member to member communications about the importance of voting and promoting union endorsed candidates.

Call an hour or two or a whole shift.  We need help every day through election day!

 Sign up sheet here! or e-mail Jeff Knight!

Literature Drops for Michael Flores & Arlene Silveira
Pick up a walk route map and some literature this Saturday to spread the word about MTI Endorsed Board Candidates!

Date:  Saturday, March 31
Time:  Between 10AM and 12PM

Flores Campaign
Pick up location: 315 North Few Street
E-mail Cory at m.floresforschoolboard@gmail.com.

Silveira Campaign
920 Castle Place (East Side)

4118 Cherokee Drive (West Side)
RSVP to carolcarstensen@gmail.com

Promote Voting on Election Day!

Election Day is Tuesday, April 3^rd, during Spring Break.  If you are in town, please consider promoting voting by holding reminder signs near polling locations or in high visibility traffic areas throughout the City of Madison.

This is an important preparation run for increasing turnout for the upcoming Recall Election on June 5.

Letters to the Editor for Arlene Silveira and Michael Flores

Wisconsin State Journal:  host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/mailbag/

Capital Times: host.madison.com/ct/opinion/mailbag/

The Ishtmus: www.thedailypage.com/staff/

See an example at this link and get additional ideas here!

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MTI ENDORSEMENTS:

BOARD OF EDUCATION – SEAT 1         ARLENE SILVEIRA

BOARD OF EDUCATION – SEAT 2         MICHAEL FLORES

CIRCUIT COURT – BRANCH 8                FRANK REMINGTON

COURT OF APPEALS – DISTRICT IV     JOANNE KLOPPENBURG

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE – BRANCH 11     ELLEN BERZ

DANE COUNTY SUPERVISORS (SCFL Endorsed / MTI Recommended)

Heidi Wegleitner  (Dist 2)
Nick Zweifel  (Dist 3)
Leland Pan (Dist 5)
Matt Veldran  (Dist 7)
Paul Rusk  (Dist 12)
Susan Bailey  (Dist 15)
Jeff Pert  (Dist 17)
Maureen A. Mcarville  (Dist 22)
Tim Kiefer  (Dist 25)
Patrick Downing (Dist 30)
Roe Parker (Dist 31)
Erika Hotchkiss (Dist 32)
Jenni Dye (Dist 33)
Patrick Miles (Dist 34)
Carl T. Chenoweth (Dist 35)

Advisory Referendum on Collective Bargaining: YES!

 ”Should all Wisconsin workers have the right to seek safe working conditions and fair pay through collective bargaining?”

Why YES, YES they should. 

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John Matthews, executive director of Madison Teachers Inc., which includes some 2,700 members, according to its website, said the governor and Republicans have inadequately funded education in Wisconsin and now want to dump the burden on the backs of teachers.

“Why should teachers be the people to sacrifice here?” Matthews said. “I’ve said this many times, unlike nuns, teachers don’t take a vow of poverty. They’ve got bills to pay, mortgages to pay, kids to feed, too.”

Full article here:  statehousenewsonline.com/2012/03/14/milwaukee-teachers-union-blasted-by-brethren-in-contract-concessions-bill/

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Data Entry for Recall Signatures
The groups aligned to help Recall Scott Walker are still entering this information into a voter database to ensure that the million-plus people who signed a petition will get at least one phone call or mailing reminding them when the election is and providing information on how to register and vote.  This is a critical step in ensuring that the Recall is a success.

Dates:           Until Scott Walker is Gone!
Times:         Four shifts: 9-12, 12-3, 3-6, 6-9

One of four convenient locations!
AFSCME Building (8033 Excelsior Drive, Madison)
Democratic Party Field Office (210 North Bassett Street, Madison)
IUPAT, District Council No. 7 Office (1571 Ivory Drive, Sun Prairie)
United Wisconsin Office (131 West Wilson Street, Suite 303, Madison)

Sign up for a shift here! 

If you can, bring a laptop to use, computer resources are limited.

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By Karen Vieth

Times are rough for public education; there is no contesting that fact. The Madison media is full of talk about charter schools and anti-union sentiment. Next year’s allocations are forcing teachers to face the abysmal reality of our declining budget. Sitting in staff meetings, hearing numbers being crunched, it is difficult to look around and wonder whose job will be cut and what that will mean to our students. Yet, in a recent Wisconsin State Journal article the focus is somehow on a false choice between supporting our teachers or caring for our students. The author neglects the simple fact that teachers exist for the children and the families they serve.  Read more at the link!

forwardseeking.com/2012/03/11/mmsd-school-board-elections-the-future-of-our-public-schools/

Tags: Arlene Silveira, Madison School Board, Michael Flores

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To commemorate the one year anniversary of the dead-of-night passage of Walker’s Act 10 legislation stripping the collective bargaining rights of nearly all public sector workers, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO is hosting a state-wide tour to Reclaim Wisconsin!

This tour culminates in Madison on March 9th and 10th.  Make sure your voice is heard on this infamous anniversary.  Wisconsin workers were sold out while Walker’s corporate funders were given tax breaks and sweetheart deals.  They are still at it!  One year later, Wisconsin is still under attack and we’re still fighting back!  With the Recall elections on the horizon, let’s Stand Together as brothers and sisters to Reclaim Wisconsin!

Friday, March 9, 2012
6:00 PM – Candlelight Vigil, Capitol Square
7:00 PM – Film Screening:  “We Are Wisconsin,”  Orpheum Theater

Saturday, March 10, 2012
1:00 PM – Rally events, music and speakers
2:00 PM – Reclaim Wisconsin March around the Square!

View the Event on Facebook!

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This video proves what we all knew already; that Scott Walker is a bold faced liar.  His claims the he campaigned on eliminating the collective bargaining rights of public employees are shown to be utterly false in this video that was shot just days before the 2010 Election in a meeting with the Oshkosh Northwestern editorial board.

It’s almost too hard to watch, but here’s a link to the video in case you have any people in your life who still claim that he’s doing what he said he would do.

Link to: Cap Times Article about the video!

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MsbaTrrXeL0

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The week of February 27th, the GOP will submit challenges to our recall petitions for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.  Over the next two weeks, we need to review these challenges line by line to determine their validity and help guard against GOP legal shenanigans.  We need a Petition Processing Strike Force to get this done!   Can you join us?

Go to:  bit.ly/PPSFWalker  to  join us!

This is an all hands on deck effort!   There will be lots of work to do and a short time window to do it in.  Use the link below to sign up for as many shifts as possible to help ensure our success.  You can also forward this link to your friends and family to ask them to sign up as well.

All challenge verification will take place in a secure location on Madison’s far west side.   Once you sign up online you will receive a confirmation email with more details.

Also, please bring a laptop if you have one available.

We will only have a limited number of computers at the petition processing site.  Bringing your own laptop will help ensure we can accommod