Organized Labor in Wisconsin to call Walker's bluff

[Earth_First]

Good on them!

Never back down, you have millions of American workers behind you on this one!

When Walker deploys his stormtroopers to quell the insurrection; hold your ground.

They couldn't possibly...

...or could they?

This will take courage, workers of Wisconsin!

However, look to the people of Egypt and the power of nonviolent resistance!

Good luck!

SOLIDARITY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[malaise]

2. Good

Rec

[postulater]

3. As much as I agree with you

I know a lot of people in Wisconsin who think they should not pay for state worker's 100% first dollar no-deductible, no-copay health insurance when they are not able to afford their own $5000 deductible policy or when their BadgerCare is about to be trashed.

I don't think the state workers will get much support from anyone who is not a union member or otherwise quite progressive.

[Nikia]

8. It isn't just about the proposed deal.

It is about that these things will no longer be part of the contract. It might be different if Walker was negotiating these things with the union. Instead he is changing the law so he doesn't have to ever deal with the union on these things again.

[Pharaoh]

4. Rec.........

This isn't about state workers as it is about how all of us are being screwed by corporate America, we bail them out they fuck us in the ass. We retrain for new jobs and they then send them overseas. It's not so much federal/state workers are being overpaid it is that everyone but ceo's are getting screwed. And postulator, you should not be paying that much for insurance. Insurance is not health care it is just another corporate scam. We should have universal not for profit health care for all!

[Earth_First]

9. +1

...and when the corporatcracy comes looking for another bailout, I say: fu*k you!

[randr]

5. It will be interesting to see who side the militia is on

[catabryna]

6. Pitting workers against workers...

Another form of class warfare. In this corner, you have state employees represented by a union. In the other corner, you have employees in the private sector with no union representation. And, while the working class remains embroiled in a have vs. have-not type of manner, the power structure continues to strip us of what little power we have left in this country. They want you to take your eye off the ball, and this is a perfect way to distract. Afterall, when you're fighting with your neighbor, you don't have as much time to pay attention to what's really happening and just who it is that's really screwing you.

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R