Legislators Urged to Pass Worker-Friendly Budget

SEIU members travel to Madison to lobby on important issues

With the budget yet to be resolved, SEIU joined members of 13 other unions today at the state Capitol today to have their voices heard. “With Healthy Wisconsin no longer on the table, Assembly Republicans have lost their excuse for holding up the process,” explained Sheila Cochran, Secretary-Treasurer of the Milwaukee County Labor Council. “Legislators must continue to hear from working families as they finish budget negotiations.”

SEIU members asked their own legislators to urge Conference Committee members to negotiate a budget that protects collective bargaining rights, provides more access to quality health care through the Governor’s BadgerCare Plus, and adequately funds the public services that make Wisconsin great.

“Wisconsin values good jobs and healthy communities,” stated Dian Palmer, President of the SEIU Wisconsin State Council. “Together we can create a budget that supports the state’s hardworking families.”