Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights

Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights

Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights

Sign The Nation’s pledge endorsing the call to “recommit” to workers’ rights.

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March 11 marks the second anniversary of the passage of Wisconsin Act 10, Governor Scott Walker’s legislative assault on public sector unions in his state. To mark the movement that rose against Walker’s agenda, the filmmakers of the documentary We Are Wisconsin have designated March 11 the National Day of Recommitment to the fight for workers’ rights in Wisconsin and around the world.

 TO DO

Sign The Nation’s pledge endorsing the call to “recommit” to workers’ rights. Visit WeAreWisconsinTheFilm.com to find a screening to attend of “We Are Wisconsin” in your neighborhood or use the #3113 resources to organize your own.

 TO READ

The March 4, 2013, issue of The Nation featured a forum on the challenges facing labor in America today with contributors like Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation, Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.

 TO WATCH

“We Are Wisconsin” focuses on six people who came together in the winter of 2011 to protest Scott Walker’s assault on workers’ rights.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation

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