AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka ‘thanks’ Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka ‘thanks’ Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

By Eric W. Dolan
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 -- 8:24 pm

The head of the largest federation of unions in the United States, AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, jokingly thanked Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Thursday for igniting an impassioned debate on workers' rights.

"Well, thank you, Scott Walker," Trumka said during a speech in Washington, DC to the group Campaign for America's Future. "We should have invited him here today to receive the Mobilizer of the Year award! Because Gov. Walker's over-reaching has brought us to this moment to talk about jobs. This is the debate we've wanted to have. Well, guess what? Suddenly the debate came to us, and we're winning."

"In your lifetime, have you ever seen this much solidarity, this much excitement, this much activism?" he continued. "As progressives, it is our job to transform the outrage and make this moment a movement – to ensure that this corruption in the Midwest does not stand."

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/10/afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-thanks-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker/

[provis99]

1. Trumka, you dumbass. Your side lost.

Union rights are being stripped over the entire country, and your union cronies have proven totally ineffective at doing anything.

[w4rma]

2. No, our side was losing slowly, before. Now they've awakened a sleeping dragon. (nt)

[provis99]

3. yeah, great pipe dream there.

Unions are finished. They'll be gone in a decade.

[nyc 4 Biden]

8. if unions are finished..

the democratic party or at least the wing that represents the people is gone.

[w4rma]

9. Unless you are an elitist billionaire, you had better hope your prediction is untrue. (nt)

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[w4rma]

7. Not all of those protesters or the supporters of those protestors are currently unionized.

Just because only 7% of the population is currently unionized doesn't mean another 30% - 40% or more wouldn't rather be in a union.

[KittyWampus]

12. And it's too bad Unions have done such a shitty job of getting the word out.

[nyc 4 Biden]

10. what are u some sort of internet tough guy?

[KittyWampus]

11. Please, unless Union management decides to join us in the 21st century >

they are close to useless.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. Union cronies?

What do you mean?

[Iliyah]

6. Nope

they are alive and well. And he is correct. You have the gopers trying to surppress voters, ie college students and minorities, but they have awaken the middle class, .i.e "whites". Even the ones with guns. There are a lot of Republican union members that they are f**king with. Plus, wait until medicaid is taken away from the farmers and the elderly. Ya think they are going to vote for them - HELL NO.

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[AllyCat]

15. Don't feed the trolls y'all

[pacalo]

16. You may be right in regard to their percieved effectiveness *before* Walker's bill.

But what the guy means is that, thanks to Walker, the sleeping giant has been awoken from its regular day-to-day business & has been greatly mobilized & strengthened to new heights. The union people are more strongly united than ever in modern times, certainly stronger than I've ever seen in my lifetime. With this type of solidarity, anything is possible for the unions to accomplish.

They didn't win this battle (yet, pending legal scrutiny) against a state government ruled completely by a Republican majority with no checks & balances, but the unions are on the right track in targeting businesses whose contributions helped get their creepy governor & his cabal elected.

[midnight]

13. K&R

[GeorgeGist]

17. Guess that multi-dimensional jedi chess ...

paid off for the magic President.