With chants of “Union busting is disgusting” and “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Scott Walker’s got to go,” more than 200 union members from Illinois and Wisconsin lined the entrance to a suburban Chicago hotel Friday evening where the Wisconsin governor was speaking.
According to the :
Gov. Scott Walker is speaking at the annual gathering of the at the Marriott Lincolnshire. The union members wanted to send a message to the local Republican lawmakers that Walker’s brand of politics is not welcome in Illinois.
“What he did up there is not what we want here,” Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor President Patrick Statter said of Walker’s efforts to reduce collective bargaining for public sector workers in Wisconsin. “If they support him they hold the same views.”
“Just over one million people voted for him and just under one million signed recall petitions,” Statter said. “We try to find common ground and if we can’t we compromise."
The protest in suburban Chicago came the same week in which hundreds of demonstrators appeared at Walker appearances in
In Troy, according to Troy Patch.
Protesters in both Springfield and Troy were upset about the Walker administration's elimination of collective bargaining. In Troy, many were particularly upset at what they saw as an assault on education.
In Lincolnshire Friday, some of the demonstrators were angry at the legislation Walker signed into law in Wisconsin stripping most collective bargaining rights away from government workers.
“We want more jobs, union jobs,” said James Schiabieu of Waukegan told Patch. “They want to strip the jobs down to minimum wage and that’s not right, not in this country. We built this country.”
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You'll have bad times And he'll have good times Doin things that you don't understand But if you love him You'll forgive him Even though he's hard to understand And if you love him Oh, be proud of him Cause after all he's just a man
I am also an independent moderate. I just call myself a pragmatist. But this political race has made me side with the conservatives on the local and state issues. I disagree that Walker is trying to get support from other states, or that he is attempting to position himself for a higher office. What he is doing is showcasing the contrast between himself and what would have happened if we had gone the way of the Dems. Also, some of those appearances were fundraisers, so the reason for the appearance is obvious.
Is this one of those Walker "amazing changes" you speak of? Jim Witkins @jimwitkins Even @govwalker cheerleaders are quiet on WI last in country job creation numbers. #wiunion #WImiddle #wiright #recallWalker America United @Progress2day New Great Wis. commercial: Wisconsin's dead last http://bit.ly/ILIUvA #wiunion #p2 #p2b #wiright #1u #wipolitics via @cruiskeen
Coffee Bean @CoffeeBean26 NEWS! 1 year significant job stats change show Gov Walker only one with neg numbers http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm Table D #WIunion #wipolitics
Mike Kujak @mikekujak What Wisconsin Voters Need to Know for Recall Primaries: http://bit.ly/K30eei #WIPolitics #WIRecall
........................ utaustinliberal @utaustinliberal Rahm: Pres. Obama's vision is an America where students aren't punished for getting an education. An America where teachers are respected.
What we see is the Dems' histrionics. Walker doesn't slam teachers. He slams union bosses and the decisions of unions to cut teachers and hurt kids to serve union greed.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/04/17/wi-dems-running-on-platform-of-property-tax-hikes/
https://www.hctrends.com/lib_docs/3671/Wisconsin_Teacher_and_Private_Health_Plan_Comparisons
http://maciverinstitute.com/2012/04/governor-walker-touts-1-billion-in-savings-from-act-10/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxc6kzH-uI&feature=player_embedded
I will have you know our local schools strictly teach abstinence only, so there is, of course, no need for such birth control.
Sadly, the tea party teaches to, if not forces on, polarization, hate, and selfishness to these children. Bob, your comments are simmering over with vulgarities and disrespect. Please stay away from the children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEogS0UOxHI
This IS bad--for Walker and the WI TeaGOP and mostly for Wisconsin. Kelly Steele @steelekelly Scott Walker's worst-in-nation jobs record in one blaring above-the-fold headline: http://bit.ly/hx7PAu #wiunion #wirecall #p2 #1u
Read again---WI lost PRIVATE sector jobs. Gal from Wisconsin @AndersonLimey Officials: Wisconsin loses 4,300 private sector jobs in March | Money - http://Channel3000.com http://www.channel3000.com/money/Officials-Wisconsin-loses-4-300-private-sector-jobs-in-March/-/1644/11189776/-/1uq8hrz/-/index.html #wiunion
Coffee Bean @CoffeeBean26 BUSTED: Sheboygan called out Gov Walker on his "savings" numbers. He backtracked some, but still dispute http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20120425/SHE0101/204250410/State-claims-City-Sheboygan-s-budget-savings-numbers-off? #WIunion ......Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said Tuesday that the numbers the state reported included $987,600 in pension savings to the city combined with savings from employees who are now paying toward their health insurance. The problem, Werwie acknowledged, was that the $987,600 in pension savings was based on a report from the non-partisan state Legislative Fiscal Bureau, which used 2009 payroll data and didn't account for the 30 or so positions the city has eliminated or frozen since then. Also, the governor's estimate assumed Sheboygan employees weren't previously paying any money toward their health insurance, when in fact most were already paying 8 to 10 percent.......
@Progress2day 28 total legislators across US quit ALEC Five Pennsylvania Legislators Leave ALEC http://thkpr.gs/Izb2Ew via @thinkprogress
Unions collect dues from 100% of the membership but are only needed by the dumbest 10% of them...make sure you keep your dues up to date! You need the protection more than anyone Rocketman.