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Stand With Wisconsin

4 March 2011
Author: OPEIU Webmaster
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Dear Sisters and Brothers:

Support for Wisconsin’s workers in the face of Governor Scott Walker’s unprecedented assault on collective bargaining rights is streaming in from across the globe.

There have been demonstrations of solidarity in state capitals across the nation.

Now, union brothers and sisters in countries around the world are also staging rallies in support of Wisconsin’s workers.

Many international union leaders have also sent letters of concern to Governor Walker. Here’s a sample:

AUSTRALIA	New South Wales Nurses' Association
State Public Services Federation
AUSTRIA	Trade Union of Municipal Employees
BELGIUM	European Federation of Public Service Unions
BULGARIA	Federation of Workers in the Energy Industry
CANADA	Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Communications, Energy and Paper Workers Union
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation
Canadian Union of Public Employees
la Centrale des Syndicats Du Quebec
Simon Fraser University Teaching Support Staff Union
Ontario Federation of Labour
National Union of Public and General Employees
Canadian Federation of Nurses Union
Canadian Auto Workers
CZECH REPUBLIC	Trade Union of the Health Service and Social Care
FIJI ISLANDS	Fiji Nursing Association
FRANCE	Public Services International
GRANADA	Granada Public Workers Union
GERMANY	Unified Service Union
Public Service Executive Union
JAPAN	Japan Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Ministry Workers Union
All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union
KENYA	Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers
NETHERLANDS	Abvakabo FNV Public Sector Union
NORWAY	DELTA
Confederation of Vocational Unions
PAKISTAN	All Pakistan Public Sector Employee Federation
PHILIPPINES	Public Services International
POLAND	Solidarnosc (Solidarity)
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES	St. Vincent of the Grenadines Public Service Union
SWEDEN	Swedish Municipal Workers Union
SKTF Municipal Employees Union
SKTF Goteborg
TURKEY	Trade Union of Public Employees in Health & Social Service
UNITED KINGDOM	UNISON Public Sector Union
Public and Commercial Services Union
WINDWARD ISLANDS	Windward Island Civil Service Union/Private Sector Union

Please STAND WITH WISCONSIN.

Here are two things you could choose to do today:

1. Show your support by printing and displaying the STAND WITH WISCONSIN poster or use the STAND WITH WISCONSIN poster for your web page.

2. Donate to the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Defense Fund. CLICK HERE to donate via PAYPAL. Checks can also be made payable to Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Defense Fund, 6333 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213. On memo line write: STAND WITH WISCONSIN. (Donations are NOT tax deductible).

In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, President Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer

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