Labor & Employment Law

The Next Step

By James Parks

With crowd estimates as high as 150,00 for the rally in Madison, Wisconsin working people prepared for the next step in their struggle for democracy and the middle class. They are mobiliziing to recall at least eight Republican senators who participated in a rigged vote to take away public employee bargaining rights.   Check out these tweets from the  rally:

MelissaRyan 4:54pm via Twitter for Android

Imagining this crowd with clip boards all across WI. Watch out Walker.

SolidarityLabor 5:45pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

RT @emme727: Daughter’s sign: I’m 12. Without unions I’d be working not learning. #wiunion #wearewi #fitzwalkerstan

onevoice2 5:45pm via web

RT @finnryan: Fox News just acknowledged over 100,000 at protests today! So add about 50,000 and you’re getting close to real number.

Leoslaire 5:40pm via Echofon

RT @christipiglet: The adorable 5 year old next to me on the bus is telling her mom to write “I love my teacher” on her sign. Can’t stop tearing up! #wiunion

Billionaire128 5:35pm via AIM

RawStory: ‘Wisconsin 14′ press conference: GOP running state like “a dictatorship” http://cot.ag/guePJt #WIUnion #Wisconsin #RawRevolt

HewittDH 5:35pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

RT @emme727: Told daughter that she will always remember being part of history in WI #wiunion

eigenjo 4:21pm via txt

Not even the koch bros will have enough money to stop the united people of wi

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 12, 2011 (boomark / email).