WISCONSIN CAMPAIGN IN FINAL STRETCH;
A REPORT FROM LOCAL 1245 ORGANIZERS IN THE FIELD
We are now one day away from election day! GOTV kicked off on Saturday with great momentum. We had 16 community volunteers go out to canvass Saturday morning, which is a great turn-out considering our office has been open for a short period of time.
Ean and I continued the efforts up north in the town of Amery, where we were joined by six AFSCME staff members yesterday and were able to canvass the town as well as rural outlying communities.
We will be completing GOTV in Amery working out of a local business in support of Shelly Moore.
We had a great opportunity to attend the tea party express rally in Hudson. We
like to call ourselves the “Welcoming Committee.” We greeted them with wonderful signs and chants from our group.
After leaving the rally, the importance of what we are doing had been strongly affirmed. We hope to celebrate with a victory!
Jennifer Gray
Ean Charles
The campaign to recall anti-union Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature turned its attention (above and below) to a bus operated by the Tea Party Express, which backs Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union agenda. Harsdorf, mentioned in the red sign, is one of the legislators that working people hope to kick out of office in the recall campaign.
Local 1245 members helped energize the Wisconsin recall campaign. In the photo above, they poke fun at Gov. Scott Walker’s close financial relationship with the Koch brothers, the anti-union billionaires who have pushed anti-union legislation in various state capitals around the country. A recall campaigner, below, pokes fun at Republicans’ close ties to Koch.
