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Read the latest Citizen Action Weekend '26 Newsletter. We have news on our Annual Member meeting next Saturday, Statewide Healthcare Action Team meeting next Tuesday, Statewide Climate Action Team meeting on June 11th, and more.

Read now https://citizenactionwi.org/2026/05/29/weekend26may29/

"All seven joined a Wisconsin Health News event focused entirely on healthcare as well as a Wisconsin Citizen Action online forum, where healthcare led off a discussion that covered a cross-section of other issues as well."

Hear for yourself what they have to say about healthcare, watch the Citizen Action Governor Candidate forum, including healthcare questions used in this article >> https://www.facebook.com/CitizenActionWI/videos/818940800772313

Democrats running for governor agree on need for healthcare access, differ on how to get there • Wisconsin Examiner The seven leading Democrats in the race for governor share many of the same priorities but differ in how they'd execute them.

"It is not fair to make workers come and beg the politicians for a wage that doesn't even get us to a living wage," said state Sen. Roys.

"This is about dignity in your work," Rep. Hong said. "This is about putting power back in the hand of working-class people to fight back against corporate corruption and greed."

"When we have a living wage, we have a safer community," Barnes said. "When we have a living wage, we have healthier community. When we have living wages, we provide opportunity to those folks who have been denied it for far too long."

The current minimum wage in Wisconsin is $7.25 per hour.
The new legislation would raise pay to $20 an hour. Supporters hope the bill will be signed into law by 2027.

https://www.cbs58.com/news/state-leaders-advocate-for-adoption-of-20-minimum-wage-in-wisconsin
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Learn more about why the $20 Wage bill is so important to pass >> https://citizenactionwi.org/20-minimum-wage/

TAKE ACTION and send email to your state legislators in support of $20/hour bill >> https://tinyurl.com/20WageWINOW

For more information about getting involved in our organizing for $20 bill, contact: [email protected]

State leaders advocate for adoption of $20 minimum wage in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- State leaders unveiled their new plan in Milwaukee Friday, to help Wisconsin residents earn more money. It's a one-year campaign led by the Wisconsin Living Wage Coalition. Joining

Citizen Action North Side Rising members joined the Wisconsin Living Wage Coalition today in Milwaukee for a May Day media event with three Democratic Governor candidates who made a commitment to sign a $20 minimum wage bill by May Day 2027 if they are elected Governor.

Gubernatorial candidates State Senator Kelda Roys (sponsor of legislation), Wisconsin State Representative Francesca Hong (original co-sponsor of legislation), and former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes joined the Living Wage Coalition at the event.

Gubernatorial candidate Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley also publicly supports comprehensive living wage

legislation with a $20 minimum wage, but was unable to attend.
Learn more about why the $20 Wage bill is so important to pass >> https://citizenactionwi.org/20-minimum-wage/

TAKE ACTION and send email to your state legislators in support of $20/hour bill >> https://tinyurl.com/20WageWINOW

For more information about getting involved in our organizing for $20 bill, contact: [email protected]

We welcome Christine Neumann Ortiz, the Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, to discuss their huge May Day marches and rallies in Milwaukee and Madison. Christine educates our listeners on the federal and state agenda for immigrant rights and urges everyone to attend one of the May Day events.

Listen now >> https://soundcloud.com/citizen-action-of-wi/bg738

A packed U.S. Supreme Court guts what is left of the Voting Rights Act while cynically claiming not to overturn it. We delve into the the implications for civil rights and for the 2026 and 2028 elections
And so much more on the NEW Battleground Wisconsin Podcast.

Listen now >> https://soundcloud.com/citizen-action-of-wi/bg738