Posted on 02/20/2011 10:53:11 AM PST by apillar
SEIU brothers and sisters,
As I write, 30,000 people are gathered outside of the Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin speaking out against Republican Governor Scott Walker's attempt to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Almost 14,000 of our SEIU brothers and sisters stand to lose their rights if Governor Walker gets his way: 9,000 nurses and nursing home staff, along with about 5,000 home care workers.
They've been out there among the demonstrators all week.
We've set up a page on our website that allows you to send a message of support to our SEIU family and everyone else fighting for their rights outside the Capitol.
Share your well-wishes for the working families in Wisconsin and we'll make sure they receive them this weekend.
http://www.seiu.me/wisconsin
While the collective bargaining rights of our members are at stake, it's important to note that the conversation taking place is about more than that alone. When Scott Walker manufactured this crisis by giving tax cuts to corporations and his special interest friends last month, it escalated a state legislative debate into a struggle for economic justice with large corporations not paying their fair share to get Americans back to work.
When you see the news of our members in Wisconsin on the television and online, those are the things they're fighting for.
Send a message to your SEIU brothers and sisters who have been outside the Capitol all week and we'll make sure they receive it.
http://www.seiu.me/wisconsin
Scott Walker claims this is about saving money, but President Obama said it best: this is an "assault on unions."
But it's not just union members at risk; it's the services these members provide-whether that be as teachers, public safety personnel or home health care workers.
I'll be in touch soon with updates from Wisconsin and other states where working families are under attack from a new crop of Republican governors.
In solidarity,
Mary Kay Henry
President, SEIU
PS - Republicans are trying to take away workers' rights in at least ten states. But if we stop them in Wisconsin, we'll make a strong statement that America will not tolerate any more Republican attacks on the middle class. Stand with workers in Wisconsin now:
http://www.seiu.me/wisconsin
Though I applaud the sentiment I was trying to come up with something more on the lines of making them think and realize what tools they are being used as.
Any suggestions?
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I know whatcha mean
- Uniqueness and Impact counts
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Everyone’s taste differs.
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Yup
That is why they make mustard with horseradish
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Yep!
WOW! Ain’t that the truth?
That’s what is coming if we don’t do something about it.
It starts in WI...and moves forward...
I go to The Drudge Report quite a few times a day to see what’s happening. Frankly, it’s enough to scare you to death looking at all the headlines. One after another of bad things happening everywhere.
I found out how your Governor got the dems to come back from OK and NM during the redistricting crisis.
He cut off their state credit cards. lol When they found out that their protest would be on their personal dime, they high tailed it back to Texas.
I hope Gov. Walker will do the same.
Cutting off the funds of those who are in the minority, and don’t respect the results of an election, is a good thing. ;o)
“I won” lolol
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