If you, like me, enjoy making a decent wage, like having weekends off and sick days and a decent working day, work for a company that at least gives you access to health insurance, or if you are in a union and are concerned about the political bullying occurring right now in Wisconsin, there's frankly not much we can do from the outside but watch and hope.
But I've never been one to just sit back.
If, as Rachel Maddow reported, it's only going to take ONE Democratic state senator to fold and give in to the Republicans in that state to ruin unions nationwide (ultimately), I think sending a message of support to those 14 Democratic state senators might do some good. At the very least, it won't hurt. So that's what I did this morning.
I sent this simple message of support to all 14 Democratic state senators from Wisconsin:
Subject line: In solidarity for your stand from Pennsylvania
Message:
Good morning and thank you. Thank you for standing up to the political bullying in your state over union rights. Please don't give in. Many of us in other union states are watching very closely and are hoping and praying that you are strong enough to withstand this pressure.
Thank you for standing firm. Thank you for not giving in.
In solidarity.
- Amanda Morris
If you are of a similar mindset, I would encourage you to send a note of your own. If anything exemplifies the power of ONE person being able to make a NATIONAL difference, it is this one (if Maddow is correct). So that individual needs our emotional and psychological support. And you never know what difference our (collective) words could make.
Email addresses of the 14 Democratic state senators:
Sen.Carpenter@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.coggs@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Cullen@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.erpenbach@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.hansen@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Holperin@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.jauch@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Larson@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.lassa@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.miller@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.risser@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.taylor@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Vinehout@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.wirch@legis.wisconsin.gov
But I've never been one to just sit back.
If, as Rachel Maddow reported, it's only going to take ONE Democratic state senator to fold and give in to the Republicans in that state to ruin unions nationwide (ultimately), I think sending a message of support to those 14 Democratic state senators might do some good. At the very least, it won't hurt. So that's what I did this morning.
I sent this simple message of support to all 14 Democratic state senators from Wisconsin:
Subject line: In solidarity for your stand from Pennsylvania
Message:
Good morning and thank you. Thank you for standing up to the political bullying in your state over union rights. Please don't give in. Many of us in other union states are watching very closely and are hoping and praying that you are strong enough to withstand this pressure.
Thank you for standing firm. Thank you for not giving in.
In solidarity.
- Amanda Morris
If you are of a similar mindset, I would encourage you to send a note of your own. If anything exemplifies the power of ONE person being able to make a NATIONAL difference, it is this one (if Maddow is correct). So that individual needs our emotional and psychological support. And you never know what difference our (collective) words could make.
Email addresses of the 14 Democratic state senators:
Sen.Carpenter@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.coggs@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Cullen@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.erpenbach@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.hansen@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Holperin@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.jauch@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Larson@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.lassa@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.miller@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.risser@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.taylor@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.Vinehout@legis.wisconsin.gov, Sen.wirch@legis.wisconsin.gov
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this, Amanda, and doing the leg work for all of us. It's definitely time we all start standing up for what we believe in (rather than passively complaining about the situation) before even that right is taken away from us. I will be emailing these senators today as well.
Sure thing, Lacy. I'm so glad you're going to take action! :)
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