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WELCOME to the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (WFNHP) is affiliated with AFT Healthcare, the national healthcare division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). WFNHP is a democratically run labor union of health professionals, committed to the growth and empowerment of its membership and all healthcare workers. WFNHP seeks to secure optimal working conditions and professional development for its members, while playing a leadership role in establishing high standards of clinical practice and patient care. |
Friday, January 13th is the deadline to turn in your signed Recall Petitions to the WFNHP office or a any other local recall site. On Tuesday, January 17th, we will be turning in the hundreds of thousands of Recall Walker petitions! WFNHP members have done an absolutely astounding job signing up their fellow union members, friends and family. You have stood on street corners, outside grocery stores, and anywhere else we could to send a message to Walker that we will fight to win our state back. |
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Click here to sign the petition to Save BadgerCare. The petition will be delivered to: The Wisconsin State House, The Wisconsin State Senate, and Governor Scott Walker: On behalf of the 53,000 people targeted to lose their BadgerCare due to the proposed large premium increases (possibly as high as 1100%), we say, "Don't balance the budget on the backs of the truly medically needy!"
The WI Republicans want to help balance the budget by kicking 53,000 adults and children off BadgerCare. Premiums are scheduled to increase as much as 1100%. This is totally unacceptable. This will prevent people from getting cheaper healthcare earlier, and drive up costs with later expensive emergency room visits and preventable hospitalizations. Tell Gov. Walker and the Fitzgerald brothers this is unacceptable. |
Check our Facebook page for the latest updates and information on the fight for Wisconsin's working families. If you want to be among the first to hear about WFNHP activities, campaigns and events, follow WFNHP on Facebook. Click here to "like" WFNHP on Facebook... |
In her latest "What Matters Most" column, which appears in the New York Times, AFT president Randi Weingarten discusses the importance of the Ohio vote, as well as results in other states that showed voters are fed up with politicians who thought they could exploit a tough economy to advance extremist agendas. Those results are sending a message that legislators need to heed.
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For updates on BadgerCare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, visit our page on Quality Healthcare for All. |
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ATTENTION Local 5001 Members--the next Local 5001 Membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 2nd at 5:30pm at the Union Office, 9620 W. Greenfield Avenue, West Allis, WI. |
Click here to see a full list of local rallies, town hall meetings, etc. Schedule will be updated daily, so please check back often!
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Excellent summary of questions and answers regarding Wisconsin's new voter ID law. |
Every day, educators and other public employees, and the services they provide our communities, are being attacked. From challenging collective bargaining rights, to undermining the quality of public education and higher education, to decimating pensions and trying to put healthcare coverage further out of reach, working men and women across the country are under assault. And if this has taught us one thing, it's that Elections Matter.
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We want to hear from you. Visit AFT Voices to share your opinion on the challenges you face in the workplace by answering our new survey question posted on the site. Plus read and rate comments from fellow members. |
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