Posted on 02/20/2011 12:17:55 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
THOUSANDS of Tea Party Patriots turned out today in Madison, Wisconsin, in support of Republican Governor Scott Walker and his plans to correct the state’s financial future. It was an amazing turnout considering the Saturday rally was only announced on Friday morning. Oh… And we paid our own way.
The tea party patriots filled the state capital grounds from the steps to the street over 100 yards back. There were so many Walker supporters there that you couldn’t here the speakers from the stage in the back of the crowd.
The AP today estimated that 70,000 protesters turned out in Madison today. If that number is accurate then at least 15,000 were Walker supporters. This was a huge embarrassment to the left.
Here’s a shot from behind the stage looking out at the massive crowd today.
More… Here’s a photo that shows about half of the tea party crowd today on the left side of the stage, via Instapundit.
It was a HUGE success.
I do agree with that in priciple, public employees should not strike....NY state has the Taylor law which can be brought to bear on vital public employees attempting to strike to force them back to the bargaining table. On the other hand the state and localities of the state are supposed to BARGAIN with the employees and mediation set up as necessary. The fine is 2 days pay for evey day out on strike should the judge so invoke the rule and I remember a teachers strike in the late 70’s in which many a striking teacher had a severe financial hurt put on them. They eventually reached a settlement and much of the fines were rescinded but it was a tough law that passed all sorts of muster in the state courts.
It was. Hundreds of hundreds.
I was there and it was great! But I’m pretty sure our numbers were not over 1500. The reason it seemed larger is the LL Bean hippies kept crossing the lines to throw the communist manifesto at us.
Next time though!
Many thanks to you and your courageous companions.
I do! Public employees should not be allowed to form unions, period!
The MSM and their Union goon and thug accomplices are lying and distorting the truth as usual. The MSM and RATs think we’re too stupid to figure it out or expose them. LOL
"Under collective bargaining laws, employers have to recognize an elected union and have to negotiate with them.
"Imagine if the tables were turned and employers had the right to 'employer bargaining', under which the employer could demand whatever pay reductions or workday increases he wanted, the employees had to negotiate with the employer, and employees couldn't quit!
"Such an arrangement could only be classified as slavery.
"The right to terminate the employer-employee relationship is a fundamental right of both employer and employee. Employment should be mutually beneficial to employer and employee and open to termination by either when it becomes non-beneficial (limited of course by any voluntary contractual agreements).
"Second, the misnamed term 'collective bargaining' has given an aura of moral righteousness to the unions who pretend to be fighting for true American values like the freedom of association. However, they are fighting for values quite foreign to the United States, values that come from Marxist collectivism, i.e. the expropriation of the property of employers and the negation of their rights." -- Mish Shedlock
Collective bargaining is what is killing the budget. The unions tell the company how many workers it takes to change a light bulb. How much sick time they get, how many breakes they get and who much they have to pay for their pensions, how many vacation days they get, and the tax payer pays for it all....The governor wants them to only have collective bargaining for salary. The unions run the government and we pay for it...
I’m impressed! Excellent job Wisconsin!!!!!!!!!!!
They do not lose all of their collective bargaining. They will keep their bargaining ability for wages, but they will not be able to negotiate for greater benefits. And their wages will not go over the rate of inflation unless it’s agreed to by referendum. There’s nothing unreasonable about that.
“I was there and it was great! But I’m pretty sure our numbers were not over 1500.”
On your first day of posting, you’re telling us the crowd was only 10% of what’s being reported here?
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