Like he said: "You might not even be aware of this issue if you live in the United States, but support for Wisconsin's workers -- who are about to lose their voices too, in the form of the right for workers to bargain as a union (seriously, what is this, the 1890s?) -- is worldwide." Seriously, what is this, Libya? When a government that has just passed significant tax cuts for the rich, and then declares financial exigency in order to eliminate public services, pushing the poor deeper in the hole, there comes a time to be stand up and counted. And don't think we don't notice this happening in Canada too.
Also, Teachers and public servants speak out in Wisconsin: "I'm not pampered. If I had a Master's in business instead of education, I'd probably be making a minimum of seventy grand... I didn't enter the profession for the money. However, I still want to earn a living wage.... It was Wall Street and greedy investors who screwed over America. Let's be straight about that.... It's not simply about budgets. The true war is a war on public institutions." And more.
Also, 12 Things You Need to Know About the Uprising in Wisconsin, including: " Wisconsin's public workers have already made sacrifices to help balance the budget, through 16 unpaid furlough days and no pay increases the past two years... There are already 13 states that restrict public workers' bargaining rights and it hasn't helped their bottom lines." And ten more.
Also, Teachers and public servants speak out in Wisconsin: "I'm not pampered. If I had a Master's in business instead of education, I'd probably be making a minimum of seventy grand... I didn't enter the profession for the money. However, I still want to earn a living wage.... It was Wall Street and greedy investors who screwed over America. Let's be straight about that.... It's not simply about budgets. The true war is a war on public institutions." And more.
Also, 12 Things You Need to Know About the Uprising in Wisconsin, including: " Wisconsin's public workers have already made sacrifices to help balance the budget, through 16 unpaid furlough days and no pay increases the past two years... There are already 13 states that restrict public workers' bargaining rights and it hasn't helped their bottom lines." And ten more.
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