Pittsburghers support Wisconsin’s public unions
2.26.2011 Leave a comment
The contagion effect touched Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday (2.24.2011).
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2.26.2011 Leave a comment
The contagion effect touched Pittsburgh, PA on Thursday (2.24.2011).
Filed under Video Tagged with labor movement, Labor Solidarity, Pittsburgh, Scott Walker, Union busting, United Steel Workers, Wisconsin
2.20.2011 Leave a comment
Governor Walker recently proposed an austerity budget for the state of Wisconsin, one which quickly generated demonstrations protesting the proposal’s attempt to strip some of Wisconsin’s public employees of their collective bargaining rights. The viciousness of Walker’s budget along with the strength of the opposition put Republican legislators on the defensive while Democratic Senators used the occasion to flee the state for Illinois, doing so in order to deprive Walker and the Republicans of a Senate quorum. Walker recently claimed that he and his party would stand firm while also claiming that his budget would leave these collective bargaining rights intact, a claim debunked here. Rick Santorum does not mind Wisconsin’s efforts to strip some Wisconsin citizens of their rights. He instead
“… commend[s] Governor Walker for having the fortitude to stand up against the fiscal irresponsibility that is plaguing our country. He is showing tremendous courage to put an end to spending that his state and many like his can simply no longer afford,” Santorum stated. “Americans are looking for this kind of commitment to fiscal responsibility in Washington and in state houses across the country.”
Why would Santorum fail to support Walker’s union-busting work? For Santorum and the rest of the Republican Party, it’s crude class war all day, every day. It’s what the Republicans do.
Filed under News Tagged with Class War, Collective bargaining, Party Duopoly, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, Union busting, Wisconsin