Wisconsin’s declining economic vitality is rooted in the failure of our political and business leaders to develop a serious strategy for expanding economic opportunity. Corporate leaders and conservative politicians like to blame workers for Wisconsin’s precipitous economic decline. To the contrary, the primary problem is not the work ethic of average Wisconsinites, which is alive and well, but a growing…
Citizen Action of Wisconsin4716 West Vliet StreetMilwaukee, WI 53208 October 19, 2023 Governor Tony Evers115 East State StreetMadison, WI 53707 Wisconsin State SenateP.O. Box 7882Madison WI 53707 Dear Governor Evers, and Members of the State Senate: A massive and one-sided public subsidy to the Milwaukee Brewers, a highly profitable enterprise, is moving through the Legislative process at breakneck speed with…
THE ISSUE Our country’s health care system is driven by profit, prioritizing the interests of the Medical Industrial Complex (insurance conglomerates, Big Pharma, and hospital monopolies) over the health and well being of the American people. For too many Wisconsinites, high quality, affordable health coverage is simply out of reach. A Fall 2022 survey of over 1000 Wisconsin health care…
Job Description: Organizing Director Citizen Action seeks applicants hungry for the opportunity to build the power to achieve the sweeping changes Wisconsin needs to become a just, equitable, and sustainable multiracial democracy. The person in this position leads Citizen Action’s base building, issue, and electoral campaigns, and supervises organizers beyond Wisconsin’s two largest metro areas, in the state’s pivotal Northwestern,…
Objective: Citizen Action of Wisconsin seeks a dynamic and socially committed person to join our team and lead the implementation of an innovative electoral field program. This is a limited term, full-time (40-50 hrs/week) position located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This position runs through December 2023. The person will be considered for other open positions when this position expires. Evenings…
Objective: Citizen Action of Wisconsin seeks a dynamic and socially committed person to join our team and lead the implementation of an innovative electoral field program. This is a limited term, full-time (40-50 hrs/week) position located in the Milwaukee area, Wisconsin. This position runs through December 2023. The person will be considered for other open positions when this position expires….
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR APRIL 17, 2023 Milwaukee: As middle class and working Wisconsinites file their taxes, Citizen Action will host a news conference on the cost of the refusal of billionaires and major corporations to pay what they owe in taxes. At the event, we will release a new report from Americans for Tax Fairness which shows that when billionaires…
