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LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD FOR EDUCATORS AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS Education Votes #wisolidarity #wiunion #weac

Education Votes

National Petition


LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD FOR EDUCATORS AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS

~ We Pledge To Stand With America’s Educators, School Support Staff And Workers ~

We believe that educators, school support staff, nurses, firefighters and other middle class workers are essential to the well-being and safety of our families and communities.

We believe that working Americans need to use the strength of our numbers to fight for better wages and benefits, job security and safer workplaces.

We believe that the attacks happening in state after state are more of the same old partisan politics in which whatever party is in power tries to hurt the other side.

We believe that while we suffer, the same politicians support tax breaks for corporations and CEOs. Politicians know unions are a check on corporate power, so they are working to weaken or eliminate them.

To fulfill the promise of workers’ role in restoring balance to our economy, protecting and growing the middle class, and sustaining our communities, we urge governors and politicians to: