Labor Organizers Consider General Strike in Wisconsin as Gov. Scott Walker Refuses to Negotiate

[L. Coyote]

Labor Organizers Consider General Strike in Wisconsin as Gov. Scott Walker Refuses to Negotiate over Anti-Union Bill
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/1/frank_ernspak_of_workers_independent_news


Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is expected to propose deep cuts to the state’s health programs for the poor and aid to local governments. Walker has also threatened to start the process of laying off 1,500 state workers unless 14 Democratic senators return to the state and vote to refinance millions in debt. The Walker administration is coming under intense criticism for largely shutting off the State Capitol to protesters ahead of his speech. Democracy Now! senior producer Mike Burke speaks to Frank Emspak, founder and producer of Workers Independent News.

Guest:
Frank Emspak, founder and producer of Workers Independent News.

[Poboy]

1. recommend

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, L. Coyote.

[Drale]

3. Shut down the state

make it so none of Walkers corporate masters will make any money.

[L. Coyote]

5. Shut down the baggers!

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[deutsey]

4. Kick and Recommend. n/t

[L. Coyote]

6. Union Voices from Madison: "We Will Be Out Here Marching Until Justice is Served"

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/2/25/union_voices_from_madison_we_will_be_out_here_marching_until_justice_is_served

Rank-and-file union members are among the thousands protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s "budget repair" bill that would strip public workers of their right to collective bargaining. In this web exclusive video from the streets of Madison, Democracy Now! speaks to union members who have come from around the state, and as far away as California, to march in solidarity. "What Wisconsin is faced with right now is a class struggle. It’s an attack on not only unions, but on working families," says Bobby Olvera, vice president for International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13 of Los Angeles, CA.

JOY ROBERTS: My name is Joy Roberts. I live in the town of Troy in southeastern Wisconsin. And I’m a member of the Communications Workers of America Local 4603 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. And the reason that I’m here today is because we have to stop what the corporations are trying to do, and that is to buy our democracy. They can pour in all the money that they want, but they can’t defeat the people ............

[socialist_n_TN]

7. A general strike is a pretty serious move.............

because it's meant to HURT economically, so don't call unless you're prepared to go out and STAY out for a while. Unless it's a sympathy strike in (relatively) unaffected areas of course.

[Blue Owl]

8. Scott Walker's Koch Habit is more important than the workers of Wisconsin

Hey Scottie -- Fuck You.