MILWAUKEE, Wis. – SEIU Wisconsin today announced its endorsement of Dan Bukiewicz for the Wisconsin 21st Assembly District, calling him the proven labor champion working families need in Madison.
“I am proud to be endorsed by my brothers and sisters from SEIU Wisconsin,” said Bukiewicz. “I have been a proud union member for over 39 years, and since joining IBEW Local 494 in 1987, I have lived by the core values of the labor movement: solidarity, commitment, and fairness. Those values have guided everything I have done and they will guide me in Madison.”
“As President of the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, I have fought for the 15,000 union members who belong to the trades,” Bukiewicz continued. “I have negotiated fair contracts and worked with employers to provide thousands of union members the opportunity to work in family-supporting jobs. As the next Assemblyman from the 21st District, I look forward to working with SEIU and our allies in the labor movement to create thousands of good jobs for people across Wisconsin. We will repeal Act 10, raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour, improve safety in the workplace, and pass a prevailing wage law.”
SEIU Wisconsin Executive Director Louis Davis also released a statement in support of Bukiewicz. “Dan Bukiewicz has spent his career standing up for working people and delivering real results at the bargaining table and in the mayor’s office. He is exactly the kind of leader Wisconsin workers need in Madison and SEIU Wisconsin is proud to stand with him. We encourage voters in Assembly District 21 to support Dan in the August 11 primary.”
SEIU Wisconsin joins U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, and more than 50 state and local leaders and unions in endorsing Dan Bukiewicz for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21.
