Press Releases

MILWAUKEE- 9to5 Milwaukee held a press conference today with Rep. Christine Sinicki, condemning a state senators pushing a bill that removes the “enforcement” from the Equal Pay Enforcement Act. This bill would repeal the ability for anyone who’s been discriminated on the job to plead their cases in circuit court.

DENVER – The Campaign for a Healthy Denver is one step closer to placing a municipal initiative allowing Denver workers to earn paid sick and safe days on Denver’s November ballot after the campaign submitted petition signatures to the Denver City Clerk today.

Working Families Denounce Governor Walker’s Override of Milwaukee Sick Day Law as the Latest Attack on Democracy and Local Control

Popular Milwaukee Law Continues to Serve as an Example for Paid Sick Day Legislation Nationwide 

Madison, WI—In advance of today’s Assembly Labor Committee meeting, Assembly Members, State Senators and a broad coalition of workers’ rights groups, health care advocates and good governance groups called on state legislators to vote against AB41, which would strip local municipalities of some of their legislative power.  The bill (AB41) would preempt local governments and voters from enacting paid sick day legislation, and in doing so, open the door for the State Legislature to overturn a range of legislation passed in towns and cities throughout Wisconsin.