More from Saturday’s Nationwide Rallies

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by Donna Jablonski
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/27/more-from-saturdays-nationwide-rallies/

Hundreds in Nashville, San Diego and Charlottesville, W.V.; more than 3,000 in Trenton, N.J.; 3,500 in Olympia, Wash. That’s what democracy looked like yesterday from Maine to Hawaii, as America’s workers came together to protest attacks on good, middle-class jobs and collective bargaining rights by Republican governors and legislators in Wisconsin and other states.

AFL-CIO Now followed the massive rallies at the Wisconsin state capitol and elsewhere yesterday. Here are a few more updates:

Indiana: From the Indiana State AFL-CIO: Over the past week, events at the Indiana Statehouse have been moving at a mile a minute.

Hoosiers from across the state have been mobilizing to fight against the anti-worker agenda being pushed in the General Assembly. More than 25,000 working men and women rallied at the Indiana Statehouse, voicing their opposition to legislation that seeks to limit collective bargaining, lower wages and weaken the voice of workers in their workplace….Over the week, our rallies only grew in size, reaching up to 10,000 people….As a signal that our voices are being heard, the House Democratic Caucus walked out of the statehouse, refusing to allow the attacks on working families to continue. They have said they will not return to the statehouse until the anti-family agenda has been stopped. This led to the defeat of three anti-worker bills (HB 1468, SB 333 and SB 273), which included attacks on collective bargaining and project labor agreements, along with the falsely labeled “right to work” legislation.


Moveon.org
50 Photos from the 50-State Rallies to Save the American Dream
http://front.moveon.org/50-photos-from-the-50-state-rallies-to-save-the-american-dream/

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1. Go America! How great that Weiner, Durbin and others turned out

to show their support! (Can't help but think there should have been a LOT more!) :patriot: