AFSCME Members Fired Up to Recall Wisconsin Governor Walker

by Clyde Weiss  |  May 11, 2012

Wisconsin voters have chosen Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as their candidate to recall Gov. Scott Walker on June 5 for his attack last year on workers’ rights, and AFSCME members are unifying behind him in this historic recall election.

Whether you’re a Wisconsinite or not, the stakes are too high to sit this election out. Scott Walker is the poster boy for the anti-union attacks we have faced from coast to coast and has already raised millions of dollars from some of the most anti-union people in the country, including billionaire right-wing extremist David Koch. 

While AFSCME endorsed former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk in the primary, we’re rallying around Tom Barrett now.

“AFSCME members have been proud to support our friend Kathleen Falk,” said AFSCME Council 24 Exec. Dir. Marty Beil. “But the ultimate goal has always been to defeat Scott Walker. The grassroots campaign we’ve built to counter Walker’s millions from out-of-state billionaires will be working hard to help Tom Barrett.”

Added Rick Badger, executive director of AFSCME Council 40: “We are unified in our support for Tom Barrett and will do everything we can to make sure he defeats Scott Walker on June 5.”

“Wisconsinites have a choice on June 5,” said AFSCME Council 48 Exec. Dir. Rich Abelson. “Tom Barrett will pull Wisconsin together again and heal the wounds that Scott Walker has inflicted. Scott Walker will continue to tear our state apart with his bullying, ‘my way or the highway’ political tactics. The choice is clear.”