Madison Protest: Screw Us and We Multiply

On Saturday, Feb 19, 2011, we drove from Minnesota to Madison to join in the protest for workers, teachers, and people's rights. The scene inside and outside the Wisconsin State Capitol was unbelievable and inspiring. We held banners that asked: "Had enough?" & "W. A. R. -- Wasted American Resources" and also one that asked: "How's the War Economy Working for You?"

Most of the teachers, workers, union members, tax payers and other citizens walking past just shook their heads, indicating that they didn't think the war economy was going well and they wanted to bring the war dollars home.

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[GodBlesstheGrass]

My father was the town mailman and walked a 14 mile route for 31 years. He joined the postal workers union just before they launched the famous strike and Nixon vowed that the mail would go through. The mail stopped in Waterloo and never reached New Hampton, Iowa so my father's part of the strike was successful.

[depravity0]

man, it cool that you drove from Minnesota to Madison to support them. thanks for the video!

[BCRTomah]

Wow Lots of coined phrases there. While I do respect your right to your opinion I don't agree. I believe we are all the product of our experiences and your experience with unions may be different than mine. So in your experience you may have a good point but in my experience that's no the case. Blanket legislation with no room for compromise is not good for Wisconsin. I don't teach that way and I don't expect to be goverened that way.

[aaaaa0000000000]

If teachers want collective bargaining, than let them compete for it! How about School Vouchers, or School Tax refunds for those who Home School? Public service unions have got way out of hand, it's gonna end or states, school districts, and families will go broke!

[aaaaa0000000000]

@BCRTomah No, I love teachers, so much so I married one... However it's hard to see Public Sector Union complaining about contributing to their own Ins. and Retirement when there state is broke! This is an assault on a dwindling middle class of people. Although I know many conservative teachers, I don't know any Public Sector Union dollars( AKA My Tax Dollars) that go to anything but the democratic Big Gov't,liberal machine.

[blogbat]

Public sector unions have no rights. They need to sit down, shut up, and learn their subservient place. They are servants of the people in this country, not the other way around, as it is in China. If they don't like it, they can get a real job in the private sector, where they are free to unionize until they're blue in the face. Public sector unions are anti-American and need to be abolished.

[BCRTomah]

@aaaaa0000000000 Did you get a D from a teacher you had a crush on? Poor angry child. Maybe you should have seen the guidance couselor.

[aaaaa0000000000]

Screw um There's new teachers being stamped out of college every year... Let them get back to work or replace them! Bring in the scabs, replace them with illegal migrant workers! Most of them are talentless hacks, that's why they need a union in the first place, to help keep them employed when their district realize that their teachers are failing! Looks like the gravy train is coming to a hault, let um get a real job for the 3 months in the summer.

[rodzmen1]

My husband works for the USPS we are behind them all the way! And there are many of us.