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The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative

Senator Chris Larson and Representative Cory Mason have introduced new legislation into the state legislature called the Wisconsin Jobs Initiative.  The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative, LRB 2739/2, will provide job skills training and education to at least 35,000 Wisconsin workers through significant investment in Wisconsin’s technical college system.

The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative will restore devastating budget cuts to technical colleges and give grants to train unemployed and dislocated workers.  The bill pays for itself by asking Wisconsin’s wealthiest, those with an annual income of over $1 million, to pay a little more.  

At least 35,000 working men and women, as well as a host of state businesses, will benefit from the Wisconsin Jobs Initiative.  The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that there are approximately 2,900 tax filers in Wisconsin who would be impacted. 
 
This is a win, win initiative for working people and business.  It gives workers the necessary skills to find work, and it supplies businesses with the skilled workforce they need to be profitable. 

What this Bill Does:
Provide training and education to 35,000+ Wisconsin workers.
Invests in Wisconsin's technical college system by restoring devastating cuts enacted under Gov. Walker's budget.

How Do We Pay For This?
The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative pays for itself by asking Wisconsin's super-rich, those making an annual income of over $1 million, to pay their fair share in taxes.

We hear you. Does Congress?

After President Obama's speech on the American Jobs Act last week, we asked you how your community could use the money and resources proposed in that plan to create jobs and make needed improvements.

You told us your answer, now it's time to tell Congress.
Hundreds of you responded, saying that this money could be used to put laid-off teachers back in the classroom, repair schools that are falling apart and extend unemployment benefits for those in our communities who are out of work. All of these are part of President Obama's plan, and that plan needs to be passed by Congress.

Send a message to your members of Congress urging them to pass the American Jobs Act now.

America cannot afford to have this plan delayed by elected officials choosing to play politics. Our members of Congress need to get to work to put Americans back to work by passing the American Jobs Act.

Tell your members of Congress that your community needs the American Jobs Act.