Posted on 03/14/2011 1:49:16 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Actors Tony Shalhoub and Susan Sarandon were among those who spoke before an estimated crowd of up to 100,000 in Madison, Wis., to protest the state's recently passed bill stripping most government unionized workers of collective bargaining rights.
"You need to know you are the heart and soul of America today," Shalhoub said. "This is the birth of a nationwide movement. A movement destined to restore the rights of workers."
According to the Associated Press, the protesters were joined by 50 tractors and, fittingly, one donkey.
Shalhoub (apologies for mangling the spelling of his name in an earlier post) was sent to Madison on behalf of the Screen Actors Guild, which is supporting the workers along with other industry unions.
"in essence I really just want people to know that they're not alone here. That there is support from people all over the country from people who are union members and people who are not union workers," Shalhoub told a local Fox affiliate. He grew up in the Green Bay area and his sister is a school teacher in the state.
"This is really a very serious movement and demonstration that really has brought together a lot of different kinds of people," Sarandon told John Nichols, reporting for The Nation.
Video at source.
He just lost a big fan.
Used to watch Monk. Guess I won’t now.
Um, the birth of Communism occurred a few decades ago. Nothing to see here.
Monk was a great show.
I can’t believe Shalhoub is this clueless... ;)
Okay Tony, donate all your Monk residuals to the teachers’ union. Put up or shut up.
So many fans of Shalhoub on FR, despite the fact that he is a muslim who strarred opposite Denzel Washington in the pro-muslim, anti-American movie “The Seige” (Bruce Willis was great)? Whodda thunk?
Ditto. Darn, and I really liked MONK.
Wisconsin ping. Vickie McKenna touched on this today. At least she touched on the Susan Saranwrap part.
All this, while Democrats Jerry Brown (CA) and Mario Cuomo (N.Y) are doing basically the same thing... Only on a MUCH larger scale...
But Lefty selfishness is common...
Look at how they want to force those who support the right to life, to pay for all of their abortions...
I'm not a fan of Shalhoub and can take or leave him. But, I still remember the first time I saw him. It was in Episode 19 (Breakpoint) of the first season of The Equalizer series back in the '80s. Shalhoub played (surpise!) a muslim terrorist who held a wedding party (which included The Equalizer) hostage.
Monk - Cancelled. Don’t care enough to find out why.
Sarandon - Cancelled due to the inability to hang onto a moron of a spouse.
A couple of months after 9/11 he was featured in an article in Parade Magazine (Sunday Newspaper insert). The article included a list of his films and I thought it was odd that they left “The Siege” off the list. He has a smart publicist.
I’ve never even heard of MONK’ until I saw this thread...
Guess the show didn't have collective bargaining "rights" for its actors and actresses.
FU Monk. Done with him now. Truly.
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