May Day in Madison: Schedule and List of Endorsements

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Press Release:

May Day in Madison: Schedule and List of Endorsements.

From: Immigrant Workers Union (IWU)
Contact: Yvonne Geerts 608/335-0357, Alex Gillis (608) 345-9544

Madison, WI. The Immigrant Workers Union (IWU) among some 30 organizations will organize a Rally on May 1st from Brittingham Park beginning at 11am.

The theme of the rally this year is “The March for the Poor, the Immigrants & the Workers”. The broad coalition of organizations is calling for the community to come out and unite under common demands like the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, the withdrawal of the bus fare increase, paid sick leave and the end of sheriff Mahoney’s collaboration with I.C.E.

In Wisconsin, there will be two main marches: a statewide rally in Milwaukee that will try to match last year's accomplishment of being the largest rally in the country, and in Madison, where local issues and national demands will tie into the National Movement in Wisconsin's capitol. “Madison has the second largest Latino population (25.000) after Milwaukee (200.000) and although we will not have the numbers of Milwaukee we think is important to contribute with another rally in a major city like Madison to keep building pressure on local issues that affect our community” says Alex Gillis from the Immigrant Workers Union.

MAY DAY RALLY SCHEDULE

Park 11 AM - 11:45 AM

11:00 to 11:20--Music DJ

11:20 to 11:30--Vicki Guzman

11:30 to 11:32--John Peck IWW

11:33 to 11:35 Jonah Zinn SLAC

11:36 to 11:38-- Noah ISO

11:39 to 11:41-- Domingo Tum Mejia MGN

11:42 to 11:44— Rebekah UTI Youth

11:45 March to Capitol

Capitol 12 PM - 12:25 PM

12:05 to 12:07--Jim SCFL

12:08 to 12:10—Workers WRC

12:11 to 12:13--Carolina MEChA

12:14 to 12:16--Bill Franks SEAC/GEF 1 Stewards

12:17 to 12:19—TJ Mertz PD

12:20 to 12:22-- Will Williams MAPC

12:25 March to Dane County Building

DANE COUNTY BUILDING 12:35 PM - 1:30 PM

12:35 to 12:40-- Rally Welcome

12:40 to 12:45-- Son Mudanza

12:46 to 12:48—Jessica UTI Youth

12:49 to 12:51-- Barbara Smith MABA

12:52 to 12:54-- Jorge UTI

12:56 to 1:00-- Raging Grannies

1:01 to 1:06-- Luis Rodriguez from LA

1:07 to 1:09-- Brenda Konkel Four Lakes Green Party*

1:10 to 1:12—John Hendrick PD

1:13 to 1:18-- Raging Grannies

1:19 to 1:21-- Rabbi Renee ICWJ

1:22 to 1:24—Dean Loumos Madison Housing Activist

1:25 to 1:27-- Mary Somers WILPF

1:28—Open Ended Closing w/Son Mudanza

* To Be Confirmed

List of endorsers: Immigrant Workers Union , Workers International League, International Socialist Organization, AFSCME Local 171 , South Central Federation of Labor, Liberty Tree, Four Lakes Green Party, Student Progressive Dane , Student Labor Action Coalition, GEF 1 Stewards Committee , AFSCME Local 145 , State Employees Action Coalition, Latino Law Students Association , AFSCME Local 333, Peregrine Forum, Progressive Dane , IBEW Local 2304 , Madison Area Peace Coalition, The Progressive Magazine , The Workers' Rights Center , Freedom, Inc , MEChA , Industrial Workers of the World , Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice , Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative , Madison InfoShop , Madison Area Bus Advocates , UW Multicultural Student Coalition , AFSCME Local 2412 (UW-M campus Admin. Support workers) , Madison Branch Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom , AFT 3220 TAA , Grassroots Leadership College , LUCHA , Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice (ICWJ) , AFT Local 4999 , AFSCME Local 1 , Madison Guatemala Network , United Legal Workers , UW Students Latinos Unidos of Whitewater.