WMC Watch

Last summer with the support and encouragement from labor and professional organizations I launched a program called WMC Watch. Since then the Soglin Consulting's WMC Watch has:

• Has met with almost one third of the member of the board of directors of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) and corresponded with other members of their board.
• Met with or spoken to almost three dozen reporters or editors from Wisconsin newspapers, radio, and television stations.
• Sent out press releases to close to forty Wisconsin media outlets using the name WMC Watch.
• Traveled almost 2000 miles around the state for these meetings and conferences.
• Blogged countless times about WMC.
• Arranged in February and March for a six city picket of the WMC anti-Louis Butler workshops.
• Met with labor, academic, and non-WMC business leaders in an effort to design strategies to weaken WMC and gain public support for more progressive public policy from the business community.

This effort will continue under the name Original WMC Watch or some similar moniker. That is so there is no confusion with a program launched today by One Wisconsin Now called WMC Watch.

It is my hope that both programs succeed, but that there not be confusion as to the activities of each program. One Wisconsin Now has put considerable effort into their program. Their new website is filled with valuable information, particularly about legislators who toe the WMC line.

Comments

[xoff]

I know you're a modest guy, but why not call it Soglin's WMC Watch?

[Paul]

That won't work since it is not mine. The WMC Watch belongs to the dozen labor and professional organizations that fund it.

[Frank Ryan]

Thanks to the other White Sox fan in Dane County, you, for exposing WMC as the state's No. 1 threat to democratic (small "d") principles. WMC also has the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 threat to the mental health of many of our citizens because for years it has influenced GOP legislators to kill insurance parity (fairness) for serious mental illness. That has hurt thousands of people who can't afford the help they need. Maybe it's time to start a boycott of the businesses that fund WMC.

[Frank Ryan]

Thanks to the other White Sox fan in Dane County, you, for exposing WMC as the state's No. 1 threat to democratic (small "d") principles. WMC also has the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 threat to the mental health of many of our citizens because for years it has influenced GOP legislators to kill insurance parity (fairness) for serious mental illness. That has hurt thousands of people who can't afford the help they need. Maybe it's time to start a boycott of the businesses that fund WMC.