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Only 12% of the population is a member of a union. The rest of us have had enough! We will no longer allow a minority with a big mouth piece continue to hold us hostage!
Thanks for the link, Gene. I saw nothing there that indicated that all the rallies added together had more people than the one in Madison. I can attest to the fact that only about 400 protested in Topeka, Ks., the capitol. Even the most unionized city in the state, Wichita, didn't have enough to count. I think there is a chance that the whole thing was a bust outside Madison.
Only 12% of the population is a member of a union. The rest of us have had enough! We will no longer allow a minority with a big mouth piece continue to hold us hostage!
True. The people who continue to hide behind the unions skirts need to come on out of their closets and join the 21st century.
Maybe people realized they are rallying for perpetually increasing taxes to fund public sector workers and their right to bargain for increases over and above what everyone else gets.
So they decided to stay home.
The Wisconsin Professional Police Association has called on the governor to keep the Capitol open to overnight campers. And police officers from across the state have stepped up, as firefighters did earlier in the week, to join the crowds of Wisconsinites who have slept overnight at the Capitol.
“As has been reported in the media, the protesters are cleaning up after themselves and have not caused any problems,” says WPPA Executive Director Jim Palmer, who urged the governor to “not do anything to increase the risk to officers and the public.”
Palmer adds: “Law enforcement officers know the difference between right and wrong, and Gov. Walker’s attempt to eliminate the collective voice of Wisconsin’s devoted public employees is wrong. That is why we have stood with our fellow employees each day and why we will be sleeping among them.”
Is there a chance that they should have bused a few more into the other state capitals instead of having all of them at Madison. They managed a whole 400 at my state capitol and less than that at Oklahoma City, the closest state capitol to me. I wonder if they got enough to count in any of the 22 right to work states, but don't think I will look.
Is there a chance that they should have bused a few more into the other state capitals instead of having all of them at Madison. They managed a whole 400 at my state capitol and less than that at Oklahoma City, the closest state capitol to me. I wonder if they got enough to count in any of the 22 right to work states, but don't think I will look.
Oklahoma City is not exactly a hotbed for workers rights movement.
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