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National Call-Out from Madison, WI

I will not expound on the details here but the last few days have seen a massive upsurge of rank-n-file activity. At this very moment the public schools are closed and huge demonstrations are occurring. This energy is directly concerned with stopping anti-union legislation. However, it looks as if the bill may go through ( in do time) but may also be piecemealed out in the next 6 months. Either way, the militant rank n file are organizing events and trying to push this past the union issue, further into our society.
With that said the political situation is heating up in Wisconsin and Madison seems to be ground zero. Please consider spending your weekend in Madison and working with other unionists to stop this legislation while at the same time pushing for a more radical action. Things are moving very quickly and we are in need of strong organizers who are experienced in every facet of the trade. Please distribute this far and wide as we'll need as much support as possible. The Madison IWW is small but has a core of active members who can and will push hard for rank n file empowerment. Please let us know before you decide to make the trip as we don't want to make any false moves right now and want as many people as possible to come. If you do come, we'll be centering our activity around Saturday and will be trying to coordinate our activities with the existing events. Our goal is solidarity, not competition, as we try to find common ground with the more militant members of the public sector. We will most likely have a large, chaired meeting, in the early afternoon which will then dictate our actions on Saturday. Please be advised that news is coming in as we speak and no one is in complete control. Spontaneous actions are everywhere as this has caught us off guard.


Please consider our needs:
Delegates who can sign folks up
Your contacts and who you can bring with
Coming prepared to act in coordination with other other work class members
Your communication devices
Money - Checks can be written out to Madison IWW - We will be renting meeting spaces,printing...etc.., which takes money!
Layout skills/printing skills
Creativity and a solid political analysis past the individual.



Secretary - Madison IWW
[email protected]