SEIU Wisconsin State Council, SEIU

Stop the Wal-Mart Tax

SEIU joins Wake Up Wal-Mart Event in Milwaukee

SEIU distributed information on about Wal-Mart's tax burden

On April 17th, tax day, SEIU joined other Change to Win unions at the Downtown Post Office to inform taxpayers of Wal-Mart's burden on our community.

Union members distributed leaflets with information about Wal-Mart avoiding to pay corporate income taxes on the stores they own, while dumping their employees into taxpayer funded Medicaid programs.

For more information visit wakeupwalmart.com

Voting is a Right!

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Senator Lena Taylor and Senator Spencer Coggs
have lead the fight to protect the right to vote.

Last November, too many Wisconsin voters were confronted with an election system that was woefully unable to handle the high number of voters. Instead of directly confronting real problems with the current election system, Republican leaders in Wisconsin have, sadly, fabricated an urban legend of widespread voter fraud to push a voter photo ID bill that will create unnecessary roadblocks to the ballot box for all voters. Not satisfied with merely making voting more difficult, Republicans are now shamelessly trying to repeal Wisconsin's nationally renowned same day voter registration system.

Wisconsin leaders must address critical problems, including more and better trained poll workers and early voting opportunities to reduce lines on Election Day.

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Milwaukee County Supervisor Roger Quindel speaks at
Milwaukee press conferernce on October 24, 2005

SEIU Press Release on US House Administration Committee hearing in Milwaukee.

State Senator Tom Reynolds suggests voting is not a right!
West Allis Voter ID Hearing SEIU Press Release.

Dian Palmer speaks at Washington, D.C. press conference to stop $10 billion in Federal Medicaid cuts

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Dian Palmer is joined by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi at press conference on Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Dian Palmer, President of SEIU Wisconsin State Council, joined Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (NV) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) alond with Gulf Coast survivors of Hurricane Katrina in a roundtable discussion centered on the proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid and other vital programs. Later, Dian joined survivors in lobbying Congressional members against cuts to Medicaid.

Read Senator Reid and Congresswomen Pelosi's press Release about the event.

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Dian speaks about her and 50 other SEIU member's experiences
in the Gulf Coast providing medical aid to Hurricane Survivors.

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Stop Health Care Welfare for Wal-Mart
Wisconsin's tax-supported health care programs for the working poor spend millions of dollars each year covering the costs of employees of the state's largest company, Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Fact Sheet
Stay Current at Wal-Mart Watch

SEIU Supports the Jauch/Sherman Proposal to Increase Nursing Home Rates

The Jauch/Sherman Bill rightly targets at least 50% of the rate increase for direct care nursing home staff. The only serious nationwide research shows that health care staffing levels are the only variable that directly improves the quality of patient care.

Press Release
Memo on SEIU position
OP/ED by Debbie Timko, President of SEIU Local 150

Contact your state legislator to urge support of Jauch/Sherman.

End Mandatory Overtime for Health Care Workers

Facts-- Read the SEIU Factsheet on Mandatory Overertime
Response to Industry Arguments-- An SEIU response to industry arguments opposing legislation to ban Mandatory Overtime
Read the Text of the Legislation
Speak Out--Tell Wisconsin State Senators to support a ban on Mandatory Overtime
Worksite Fliers*-- Print worksite fliers to distribute on the job

What began as a rarely used response to unforeseen emergencies,is now part of a deliberate strategy in many hospitals to operate with less direct care staff.

Mandatory overtime endangers patients and has become one of the primary reasons many nurses and other health care workers are leaving the profession.

End Short Staffing in Wisconsin's Nursing Homes

Facts-- (*PDF) Read the SEIU Factsheet on short staffing in Wisconsin's nursing homes
Staffing Critical-- An SEIU report on Wisconsin's nursing home
Read the Text of the Legislation
Worksite Fliers*--Print worksite fliers to distribute on the job
Studies, Reports and Other Resources

Extensive research shows that nothing is more important for quality of care in nursing homes than adequate staffing. Yet Wisconsin's regulations on staffing levels are 30 years out of date and our nursing home staffing levels are among the worst in the country.

Residents in nursing homes are suffering as a consequence of short staffing and SEIU members and our allies are standing up to do something about it.

Action Campaigns: Speak Out and Make a Difference
     • WI Legislation Banning Mandatory Overtime
     • Federal Legislation Banning Mandatory Overtime
     • Federal Legislation Enforcing Safe Staffing Ratios
     • Join the Action Center and Become an e-Activist Today!
     • Join the Campaign of SEIU Members and Our Allies to Defeat Bush in 2004!

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