When the Dane County Executive proposed that some county workers get a bigger raise than others, my co-workers and I stood up to say “No, that’s not fair.”

During the pandemic, every county worker made sacrifices. And on the job, we all deserve to be treated fairly. So together, we used our worker power to fight for pay equity.

We educated our co-workers, lobbied our county board and advocated for what we deserved. When all was said and done, we won a historic pay raise, a raise based in equity for all workers regardless of our job titles.

More workers are joining our union than ever before. They are joining us because they know the difference we make when we stand together.