Labor & Employment Law

Wisconsin State Employees Inspire Other Workers

By James Parks

Nurses at a vigil in Sacramento show solidarity with public employees.

The strong stand for the middle class by workers in Wisconsin is drawing support and inspiring workers across the country. In Detroit, members of the striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra linked their protest last night at Mayor Dave Bing’s State of the City address to the struggles in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and other states.

 ”It’s pretty clear there is a war on the middle class, from musicians of the Detroit Symphony to city workers in other unions,” violinist Joe Goldman told the Associated Press.

 The only way to fight back is for people to join a union and work together.

Hundreds of workers, community and religious activists joined in a We Are One? rally at the Wisconsin governor?s office in Washington, D.C. in solidarity with the  teachers, firefighters, nurses, construction workers and all who are under attack by governors and state legislatures. Click here to see photos from today?s protest.

In other solidarity actions:

• Hundreds of working people came together last night and stood in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Wisconsin at a candlelight vigil and rally. The vigil was live streamed on SEIU Local 1000?s Channel 1000. Click here to view photos of the vigil from members of National Nurses United (NNU).
• Minnesota public employees and other working people rallied at the State House in Minneapolis yesterday. Click here to see the photo stream.
• In Arkansas,12 members of the state legislature attended a rally in Little Rock to show their support for public employees.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).