Labor protests beyond Wisconsin draw thousands

[nadinbrzezinski]

(Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in cities across the United States on Saturday to express solidarity with Wisconsin public sector unions fighting a proposal to curb their power.

"We all support the people in Wisconsin and all over the country where labor is being threatened, and we know that the real agenda of the (Wisconsin) governor and many others is just to destroy unions," said New Yorker Judith Barbanel.

Barbanel, an English language teacher at the City University of New York, joined several thousand people at a "Save the American Dream" rally at City Hall to show solidarity with protesters in Wisconsin.

People waved signs reading "Cut bonuses, not teachers," "Unions make us strong," and "Wall St is destroying America," and wore stickers that read "We are all Wisconsin."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/26/us-wisconsin-protests-cities-idUSTRE71P2TF20110226?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

BAD, bad reporters... by my own math, 1,000 in LA, somehow I suspect more, but that is ok, the 1500 in San Diego, and the 1000 in Chicago are well on their way to oh wait let's do the math...

3500

That is just the three cities, two mentioned and one I was at, with conservative reporting.

Why not use real numbers? I know technically they are not lying... but still... I suspect this weekend at least half a million took the streets.

[FreakinDJ]

1. All told had to be over 100.000 people out today

[Truth2Tell]

2. 3000 in Olympia WA nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. and 3000 in denver

we are over 10K already.. lazy reporters

[socialist_n_TN]

4. Add 700+ here in sleepy Nashville town..........

And here's DEFINITELY no place for a "Street Fightin' Man".

[socialist_n_TN]

5. BTW, we've got a teacher's rally next Saturday..........

Now THAT will probably draw a few thousand, since teacher's collective bargaining rights are on the block right now.

[KaryninMiami]

6. He's wrong- we had about 300 in Miami- maybe a bit more.

I was hoping for a bigger crowd- but then again, people are just beginning to pay attention. There were a nice variety of unions-- firefighters, flight attendants, teachers, city workers, etc.

[wellstone dem]

7. At least 1000 in St. Paul

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. So with the numbers posted by DU'ers

we are close to 15K so far.