Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Listeners who wish to may call their State Senators and urge them to vote against the Governor's bill to gut state employee rights. The phone number is 877-753-5578.  For details or for updates concerning actions call South Central Federation of Labor at 256-5111.To volunteer to staff phone banks in downtown Madison please call Greg Neil at 556-9521.
 
“Volunteer Income Tax Assistance” and “Taxpayer Counseling for the Elderly” of the “Internal Revenue Service” and others provide income tax assistance to low-income, differently-abled, non-English speaking, or elderly people and may include free IRS electronic filing of tax returns. There are various times and locations. For details call 266-2772.
 
On-going the James Watrous Gallery hosts an exhibit entitled, “Wisconsin Labor: A Contemporary Portrait”.  The exhibit uses photographs by six artists to examine the diversity of Wisconsin’s labor force.  This is at the Overture Center, 201 State Street through April 10 and will include several gallery talks. Gallery hours are flexible daily excluding Mondays. Call 265-2500 for details.

The Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice (ICWJ) and Madison Urban Ministry (MUM) have organized nightly vigils sponsored by different faith communities. Call 255-0376 or 256-0906 for details.

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk welcomes listener commentaries on subjects of interest to the W.O.R.T. listening community. Commentaries are limited to two minutes. Interested people who wish to do a Kiosk commentary may call the station at 256-2001 and leave a message for the Kiosk.
 
In light of recent developments regarding Wisconsin Republican Assembly and Senate actions there are several recall initiatives. Listeners may get more information by logging on to “recall the republican8.com” or by calling the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) at 256-4375. For more information concerning the Capitol protests log on to “defendwisconsin.org.”