In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

March 15, 2022.   Here is the link to a petition for Gun Free State Work Sites:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/gun-free-wisconsin-state-worksites?

Feb 23, 2022.  The WISCONSIN COALITION of ANNUITANTS consists of statewide and regional organizations representing retirees in the Wisconsin Retirement System, and may include active as well as retired participants in the system.

The WCOA Annual Meeting will be two Thursday mornings, May 5 and May 19. Two speakers each morning. ETF and SWIB will be separate mornings.  

The Coalition recently reported on a three-year study of the WRS recently completed by ETF.  The study can be found here.

January 3, 2022.  Below is a summary from WCOA about what they did during 2021.  Bob Beglinger and Kathy Kreul are AFTW's reps to WCOA.  For more information about WCOA, go to https://www.wicoa.org/index.php

Summary