On Wednesday, the AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour rolled through Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a community forum with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) about how the recent federal budget bill will harm working people in the state.
Labor leaders, educators, health care advocates and community members turned out for the event to speak out about how funding cuts will directly impact education, health care and other vital services in western Wisconsin. The panel included AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFT-Wisconsin President Jon Shelton and Dr. Jill Underly, Wisconsin's state superintendent of public instruction.