President Walker addresses members

On Thursday, July 9, the Local 1000 Council voted unanimously authorizing the union’s officers to seek member support for concerted actions up to and including a strike to protect our members’ pay, benefits and job security.

However, any authorization for job actions can only come following a majority vote of Local 1000 members.

Beginning the week of July 13 and throughout the month, the union will hold meetings statewide and will begin a voting process seeking member support for the Council’s decision.

On Friday July 10, in an open letter to the governor Walker said, "We cannot and will not allow you to use state workers as pawns for your political games." She added, "While we continue to battle for quality public services we are now standing up for ourselves as well."