
Wisconsin has a proud labor tradition. We're the birthplace of AFSCME, the home of Fighting Bob La Follette, the state that pioneered workers' compensation and unemployment insurance. Milwaukee elected socialist mayors who built parks, libraries, and infrastructure for working people. The Wisconsin Idea meant government should serve the people, not the powerful.
But that legacy has been under assault. Act 10 gutted public sector unions. Corporate interests bought our politics. Wages stagnated while costs soared. Both major parties failed to defend working people when it mattered most.
The Wisconsin Labor Party is reclaiming our state's fighting spirit.
We're a political party controlled by working people and funded by small donations—not the corporate PACs that own establishment politicians. We stand for economic democracy: the principle that working people should control the wealth we create and have real power in our government.