Tomorrow: Stand up, Fight Back-Wisconsin-Rally at the Capitol AGAINST WALKER & HIS POODLES
It is a call to arms. Be there if you can please.
This is an email I got:
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO <solidarity@wisaflcio.org> wrote:
Brothers and Sisters,
Republicans have called an “extraordinary session” to begin tomorrow, Tuesday June 14. The rules are different in this session. Debate will be limited, democracy will be circumvented and the balance will greatly tip in favor of ramming through an anti-worker, anti-family, anti-community agenda.
Come bear witness to this denial of democracy. The Assembly will open at 11:00 am, tomorrow, June 14. Please take part in democracy and bear witness to this extreme attack on the people of Wisconsin.
Rally at the Capitol: The People vs. Scott Walker, Tuesday, June 14
11:00 a.m. – Assembly begins debate
5:30 p.m. – Peoples Rally Against Walker at the Square and State St
Click here to print a rally flyer.
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, June 14, as we continue to stand strong against a budget that guts public schools, attacks health care, raises taxes on workers and seniors, and jeopardizes public services like police and fire. All while handing over $300 million a year in tax breaks to the rich.
It is also expected that Scott Walker will ram through his attacks on collective bargaining and union workers into the state budget. Click here to sign the petition to stop the attacks on Wisconsin workers. Tell Scott Walker to take his union-busting agenda out of the state budget.
For live updates of the rally be sure to visit the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Face Book and Twitter pages.
In Solidarity,
Phil Neuenfeldt, President, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
P.S. To print a free rally poster visit:
http://www.standwisconsin.org/ALSO:
http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2011/06/11/state-budget-to-be-rushed-through-extraordinary-session/State Budget to be Rushed Through Extraordinary Session
– June 11, 2011Posted in: Announcements
The Assembly Organization Committee has placed the state budget into an “Extraordinary Session” scheduled to begin 11 a.m. on Tuesday June 14th. People are getting prepared to take action and demonstrate at the Capitol on very short notice on Tuesday.
In contrast to a special session, which is called by the governor, an extraordinary session is initiated by the legislature. Extraordinary Sessions are very rare. In fact, since made possible by a joint rule in 1977, the assembly has scheduled extraordinary sessions only ten times, the last in 1993.
Here are some of the special features of the extraordinary session:
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It is very likely that the Assembly will take action on the state budget on Tuesday. Demonstrators are prepared to be at the Capitol on very short notice on Tuesday. (The Senate is scheduled to take action on the budget on Thursday, but once the legislature is in extraordinary session, things can move very quickly between houses of the legislature. So we cannot wait until Thursday to act.)
Read more about the state budget on our Budget Basics page.
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