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Saturday, February 19, 2011
2/22: Rally in Solidarity With Wisconsin Workers at Roundhouse in Santa Fe
Rallies. Crowds spilling into the streets.
Seas of people marching together in solidarity.
Every day this week, nonstop.
This isn’t happening in Egypt ... but in Wisconsin.
Schools are closed. Workers, high school and college students, community members, religious groups and concerned citizens have dropped their daily lives to rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s Draconian attacks on middle-class jobs and his proposal to strip Wisconsin teachers, nurses, social workers and other public employees of their collective bargaining rights.
It’s time for New Mexicans to stand in solidarity with them.
Please join union members and supporters on
Tuesday, February 22, at 12:15 PM
at the East Side of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.
Please tell other union members, friends and family to join in on this event. All are welcome! Make your own placards and signs. For example: WWW = We are With Wisconsin! We are One! Save Workers’ Rights!
February 19, 2011 at 02:33 PM in Children and Families, Economy, Populism, Education, Events, Jobs, Labor, Right Wing, Santa Fe | Permalink
Comments
Tea Party logic would have the public sector go the way of the private sector. Well, the private sector is in a race to the bottom. Corporate ideology is failing civilization.
Posted by: qofdisks | Feb 20, 2011 10:55:05 AM
This article by Robert Reich presents some incredible facts: https://robertreich.org/post/3353591266
For instance, "Bargaining rights for public employees haven’t caused state deficits to explode. Some states that deny their employees bargaining rights, such as Nevada, North Carolina, and Arizona, are running big deficits of over 30 percent of spending. Many states that give employees bargaining rights — Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Montana — have small deficits of less than 10 percent."
And this one:
"Last year, America’s top thirteen hedge-fund managers earned an average of $1 billion each. One of them took home $5 billion. Much of their income is taxed as capital gains – at 15 percent – due to a tax loophole that Republican members of Congress have steadfastly guarded.
If the earnings of those thirteen hedge-fund managers were taxed as ordinary income, the revenues generated would pay the salaries and benefits of 300,000 teachers. Who is more valuable to our society – thirteen hedge-fund managers or 300,000 teachers? Let’s make the question even simpler. Who is more valuable: One hedge fund manager or one teacher?"
Posted by: barb | Feb 20, 2011 12:14:50 PM
Also to 2010 Bankster bonuses are equal to the deficits of all 50 states. Incredible.
I will be at the rally.
Posted by: bg | Feb 21, 2011 9:13:06 AM
