Labor & Employment Law

Wis. 14: We Are Proud to Stand With You As Badgers

By James Parks

The Wisconsin 14 take the stage at a mass rally in Madison. Check out the live stream at http://theuptake.org. Here are more Tweets from the rally: 

op_99 4:06pm via TweetDeck

RT @News3Maria: DOA crowd estimate as of 2pm: 725 inside Capitol; 49,500 outside<– and growing #wiunion

MelissaRyan 4:04pm via Twitter for Android

This is what Democracy looks like. #wiunion

millbot 3:53pm via TweetDeck

Massive cheer goes up as 14 Dems take the stage: “We are proud to stand with you as badgers!” #wiunion

Retweeted by MelissaRyan

MelissaRyan 3:58pm via Twitter for Android People in the crowd talk about the fab 14 as if they are rock stars. Mom tells her son they are the coolest people he’ll ever see.

wisaflcio 3:55pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

“We will not rest until our rights are restored” #stateSOS

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