Teamsters rally: 11K in OH, 10K in IL, ??K in NY

[cal04]

http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/04/teamsters-rally-11k-in-oh-10k-in-il-k.html

Teamsters "Stop the War on Workers" signs bobbed atop a sea of placards at enormous rallies in Chicago, Columbus and New York City today.

Teamsters from Joint Council 41 got fired up at the "We Are Ohio" rally in front of the Ohio Statehouse. The demonstration kicked off the campaign to repeal SB5, the law that strips government workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Joseph at Plunderbund offers this report:

I just got home from today’s rally at the Statehouse and I have to say I was impressed. This was definitely one of the best organized rallies I have been to so far – and I’ve been to almost all of them. Unofficial estimates put attendance at over 11,000, they had a good line-up of speakers and the crowd was fired up. More importantly, the effort to sign up signature gatherers for the referendum effort was in full swing.

With this level of organization and this level of enthusiasm, I fully expect SB5 referendum signatures gathered in record time.

Ill. unions rally in Chicago for public workers
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=14415711

Thousands Rally In Times Square Against Job Cuts
video at link
http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/137118/thousands-rally-in-times-square-against-job-cuts

[Faygo Kid]

1. Good for them. Of course, any two-dozen Tea Party rally will get much more coverage.

I begin to wonder if it's not all over for this nation. I am truly depressed each day at the onslaught we are failing to counter.

[iwishiwas]

2. Teamsters did a great job-their presence in WI also a few weeks ago..