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Hey! I betcha you didn’t know this about Wisconsin.

We helped create the idea for Social Security AND put it into place as the FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY ACT in 1935.

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#Wisconsin #Republican #democrats #mandelabarnes #tonyevers #SocialSecurityFairnessAct #socialsecurity
Background:
John R. Commons, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, helped create the American Association for Labor Legislation - Group that advocated for national health insurance- on February 15, 1906.

This group held the driving force behind…
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…”worker’s compensation, occupational health & safety, and child labor laws” (snaccooperative.org/view/54028225)

1909 the first worker’s compensation came through!

1911 - “Workmen’s Compensation Act” enacted May 3rd, effective as of September 1st, SUPPORTED by WI Supreme Court

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