Labor Votes in Full Swing in Wisconsin
Labor Votes 2024 was in full swing this weekend as union members gathered at union halls from Kenosha to Superior to canvass, phone bank, and hit the streets to talk with fellow workers about the importance of the November 5 elections.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Get out the Vote Bus Tour helped kickoff canvasses in Milwaukee and Kenosha. Phone banks and canvasses were rocking around the state. In Madison, volunteers gathered for a canvass and Packer’s watch party. LIUNA held a day of action with canvasses and phone banks.
Wisconsin is the battleground state. Your vote is your power. We’re mobilizing for candidates like Kamala Harris, Tammy Baldwin, and all our endorsed candidates because they will fight for strong unions and the right to a negotiate a good union contract.
Click here for a list of union-approved candidates on the ballot November 5.
“When we connect with fellow workers on the issues that matter to us, people vote with their aspirations not their anger,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten at a canvass kickoff event in Milwaukee. “We have candidates like Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and Tammy Baldwin who believe in strong unions and the dignity of work and a burgeoning middle class.”
Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, told Labor Votes canvassers and phone bankers, “unions don’t get involved in politics because we love politics. We do it to help working people so we can bargain good contracts, have strong unions, and make a difference for working people.”
Connie Smith, President of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, thanked volunteers for all their efforts. “Without talking to our members in the workplace and in their homes we cannot make a difference.”
With 26 days until election day, we need as many volunteers as possible to sign up for a voter contact shift. Join our Labor Votes program at wisaflcio.org/mobilize. We will be busy from now until Election Day to turn out the union vote.