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| 'People ready to shut Wisconsin down' | ||
| 2011-03-01 | ||
"Every person I have spoken to, admittedly people who are supporting these demonstrations, has expressed to me and to many others that they are willing to shut the state down completely before letting Walker and his cronies and his big money supporters to take away the last of our rights as collective bargainers and as individuals in a democratic society," Jennifer Loewenstein, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, told Press TV on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of people staged rallies in cities across the United States on Saturday to express their solidarity with people in Wisconsin. On February 25, Wisconsin's State Assembly passed a controversial bill, proposed by Walker, to curtail the state's labor unions as the ongoing political wrangling between organized workers and cash-strapped state governments spreads across the US. About 100,000 people converged on Saturday in the Wisconsin State Capitol to air their grievances over the decision by the Republican governor. In Caliphornia, the Los Angeles City Hall turned into the focal point of anti-bill demonstrations, as more than 3,000 people attended the rallies, chanting slogans against what has been widely viewed as an "assault" on public sector unions. Denver saw another demonstration in support of the Wisconsin workers with police estimating that crowd at more than 1,200 people. In Washington, protesters cheered on Saturday during a rally in support of Wisconsin workers, calling for the defeat of the plan. Hundreds of Kansas labor union members and supporters rallied outside the Statehouse against what they see as political attacks on workers. "I don't believe the momentum for these protests is anywhere near over. I don't think it has peaked yet," Loewenstein said. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 ...but, tomorrow, everyone without a union card will be made to remember who the judge choose to work for. Hint - it's not the citizens of the city or state they reside in. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-01 20:44 |
| #10 Don't disallow the right to strike but make sure that the other part of the law allowing mass firings is enforced when a strike does occur Sounds good in theory. But in practice... In {some|most|all} jurisdictions in the US, it is illegal for public employees to strike. But they do. And no judge will sign the injunction to force them back to work, because it will be political suicide next election when you have the teachers, clerical workers, auto workers, police, firemen, garbage collectors and anyone else with a union card voting against you at the polls. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-03-01 20:34 |
| #9 Will it disrupt the cheese supply? If not who fraking cares. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2011-03-01 19:06 |
| #8 Where'd you get that scenario, Besoeker, the Turner Diaries? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2011-03-01 16:57 |
| #7 Don't disallow the right to strike but make sure that the other part of the law allowing mass firings is enforced when a strike does occur. In fact make it a legal obligation of the state to sack those who strike. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-03-01 12:20 |
| #6 Enough of this crap. Start laying the bastards off, Scotty. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-03-01 12:03 |
| #5 Mr. Soros, Ms. Loewenstein. Ms. Loewenstein, Mr. Soros. |
| Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-03-01 11:25 |
| #4 Another opinion on the good professor, also from Wikipedia "[She] ... is herself a Jew, but obviously a self-hating member of the [Jewish] tribe, with a sordid lineage going back to the 'kapos' who shoveled their companions into the ovens and collaborated with their murderers. Like many of her political comrades in the secular and religious left she has joined the forces of Islamic barbarism that are ranged against the civilized people of America and Israel." |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-03-01 06:02 |
| #3 Walker and his cronies and his big money supporters Including a majority of Wisconsin voters, but clearly not "the people". No, those are probably dupes of the "cronies". Iran Press TV probably finds the "one man and his supporters and cronies" plausable, because that's what happens in their little corner of the world. As for the American "expert", Wikipedia says - The Yemen Times has praised Loewenstein's work as deserving "all the honors one can bestow on a great journalist." Wotta coincidence! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-03-01 05:58 |
| #2 Wisconsin COULD be the first domino to fall. As these bankrupt states begin to dissolve into chaos, watch the Obama administration begin to roll out their regionally based, FEMA Emergency Action Plan (EAP) which will initially be aimed at providing...... medical care and food. To be followed soon thereafter by state boundry reconsolidations and name changes along FEMA boundry lines; fuel (travel) restrictions and of course rationing of all types. All must share thke burden of this crisis. Regional 'identity' ration cards will be issued and our outdated, apartheid based dollars will be discontinued in favour of FEMA transition script, issued on a 'needs based' formula. Curfews will be enforced to reduce our dependency upon electricity; lights out everyone. The US Constitution will be temporarily set asside and private ownership of weapons will be disconinuted. The Obama vehicle of societal "change" will have been fully enacted. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-01 03:46 |
| #1 Unions are not "the people" Government unions are not "the people". Most "people" do not use graft or extortion to feed their families. Especially if they are fat enough already. It truly is a caste system now. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-03-01 00:24 |