Make Your Voice Heard in the Capitol

Use this form to contact your state legislator to urge them not to shred Wisconsin's safety net, a move that would exacerbate racial disparities and do little to bolster the workforce.
 

The COVID pandemic and the recession it caused illustrated the tremendous importance of public benefit programs like BadgerCare, FoodShare, and Unemployment Insurance. Yet a number of Republican legislators are trying to hurriedly pass a package of bills that would weaken the sources of public assistance that have been so critical over the past two years in reducing the pandemic’s harm to workers, families and the economy.

Tell your legislators that we need a bipartisan, common sense approach to removing barriers to work, one that includes bolstering child care and increasing the minimum wage.