You may have heard by now: 2018 is an election year! The stakes for our state are incredibly high this year. Labor and workers have several opportunities to start shifting the state away from the anti-worker policies of the last several years.

In fact, if you live in northwestern Wisconsin, your first chance to vote is in a special election Tuesday! For the rest of us, our first opportunity comes in February with the Supreme Court Primary. A general election for that seat happens in April (more below). A primary election for the Gubernatorial race happens in August and the November general election will see that race decided as well as a Senate race, not to mention all the usual local, state, and federal races. There's a lot to keep track of, so bookmark this page

At the end of 2016, this newsletter warned that workers might find 2017 to be a "very hard road" and it certainly has proven to be a challenging ride. Now, just at the end of this year, we are faced with two huge detours for 2018: the potential for disastrous changes in the tax code and the end of net neutrality. But what does that mean and what can we do about it now?