By Dustin Beilke

It's funny, but because I have been engaged in so much organizing these days it has been impossible for me to the find the time to sit down and blog about organizing.

Fortunately, no one needs me to write about it because the whole world is watching the massive democratic response to Governor Scott Walker's attempts to take away Wisconsin workers' collective bargaining rights through his phony budget repair bill.

No longer am I jealous of the organizing opportunities and results in far-off lands, by the way. Wisconsin has shown that we know how to do this stuff.

The call went out and people responded by the tens of thousands; showing up at the Capitol, phonebanking and doing other volunteering in UniServ offices, making their voices heard on their legislators' phone lines and radio call-in shows, and in online news comments and letters to the editor pages.

Organizing is all about communications. When it comes to union organizing, that means union members communicating with each other and then communicating with the rest of the community with one voice and one purpose.

The place to go for news and information about the budget repair bill and actions related to it is WEAC.org. Go to this link for the latest news. 

And you'll find a huge and growing community of people organizing their thoughts and actions and sharing information, photos, and video - as well as messages of support and inspiration - on the WEAC Facebook page. This also is a good time to start using Twitter, where you'll get constant news and activity updates, and "tweets" from people on the front lines of rallies, pickets and other activities. Search for the hashtags #weac and #wiunions for a constant stream of valuable information.

Go here to find out about actions taking place in Madison and communities throughout the state. These are rallies, pickets, public hearings and other events you can participate in and help organize. There are more such activities and events listed on this AFSCME page.

If there are buses running to and from scheduled events that information will be updated here.

Whatever it is that you want to know, the WEAC.org homepage is a good place to start.

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