2016 WIARA Power Lunch
Bill Franks & Mike Pyne
Join Now!
We would love to have you as a member of the AFT-Wisconsin Retiree Council. See below for a copy of our application and our flyer. An annual membership runs from January 1 to December 31.
Budget Opportunities and Challenges
State Budget Challenges and Opportunities
WEBINAR: State Budget Challenges and Opportunities
Monday, December 14th, 7:00 pm
|
Jon Peacock & Tamarine Cornelius of the Wisconsin Budget Project will give us a presentation on Wisconsin's state budget. These experts analyze our state's budget and tax system, and will have some new thoughts about what to look for in the FY21-22 state budget decisions. Although Gov. Evers won't formally present his state budget proposal until February 16th, the outlines are already shaping up. How can state employees help create a state budget that meets our needs and priorities and those of the public? Will new leaders in the Joint Finance Committee -- and a starkly new pandemic context -- make this spring's legislative budget negotiations different than in the past? Will the Governor wield his veto pen to good effect?
This presentation is sponsored by State Worker Power & the Association of Career Employees. Also see the Wisconsin Budget Project's new website https://www.reimaginewisconsin.org/ for three principles for an equitable economy in Wisconsin.
Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. |
Finally—it’s President-elect Biden
Patience—counseled by former Vice President Joe Biden all election week as Americans waited for votes to be counted—finally paid off Nov. 7, four days after Election Day, when Biden won in Pennsylvania and gained enough Electoral College votes to acquire a new title: president-elect. AFT President Randi Weingarten says the union’s leaders and members “can’t wait to get started” on the work ahead “with an administration that will embrace and fight for the values we hold dear.”
Your vote is your voice
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest column outlines the urgency of using our voices—our votes—in this life-changing election, when we will make a choice “between President Donald Trump, who has trafficked in chaos, fear, lies and division, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who seeks to reverse Trump’s failures on COVID-19 and the economy, and to unite and uplift the American people.” Besides the four crises we face—a pandemic, an economic crisis, racism and a climate emergency—democracy itself is on the ballot, as Trump continues to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election.
GOTV
Labor “Get Out the Vote” Virtual
Rally & Phone Bank
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Mark Pocan & Josh Kaul
WiARA Power Lunch
The Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans (WiARA) will be holding its annual Power Lunch on October 12. This year, it will be a virtual meeting. See the flyer for more details.