ΠΗΓΗΒαθύ Κόκκινο Ωπ, τι είναι τούτοι πάλι; Είναι και σκοτάδι, δε βλέπω και καλά.
Κι όμως, είναι χιλιάδες διαδηλωτές στις ΗΠΑ, που κινητοποιούνται εναντίον των μαζικών απολύσεων που γίνονται εναντίον τους
Η.Π.Α:Λαϊκές διαδηλώσεις στο Ουισκόνσιν
Εδώ και ένα βιντεάκι:
Ναι, και αυτά από Αμερική είναι
Τens of thousands demonstrate against attacks on government workers in Wisconsin
Spoiler:
In an effort inspired by Egyptian demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, dozens of workers and youth camped out in the Statehouse overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. They have promised to continue the occupation until Walker’s bill is defeated.
It is anticipated that the protests will continue Thursday and Friday. Schools throughout the state are bracing for teacher absences and student walkouts. A large walkout of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates and graduate students is expected Thursday.
Walker is consciously attempting to turn private sector workers against their class brothers and sisters in the public sector. In La Crosse he told steelworkers that industrial workers in Wisconsin have made enormous “sacrifices,” so government workers should to the same. “What I’m asking for pales in comparison to what everybody else is doing in the private sector,” he said. “We think these are reasonable, modest changes. I think most employees outside of government would say this is a pretty good deal.”
These attempts were not successful, however. By all accounts the large demonstrations in Madison were attended by many workers from the private sector.
“The government only wants the rich to get richer, and it’s leaving the working and middle class behind,” Melinda Foster, a radiology technician at the University of Wisconsin hospital, told the World Socialist Web Site. “Why can’t we cut the billionaires’ and executives’ pay?”
Sally, a teacher, said the budget cuts would make paying her bills much harder. “This last winter was really tough for me,” she said. “I ended up borrowing money just to pay my property taxes. I am working another job in addition to being a teacher. At least I’m not putting kids through college. We don’t have cushy jobs; many of us are working paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet.”
Edson, a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin Madison, compared the development to the toppling of dictators in the Middle East. “When the government stops listening to us, that’s when it becomes like Egypt,” he said.
It is anticipated that the protests will continue Thursday and Friday. Schools throughout the state are bracing for teacher absences and student walkouts. A large walkout of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates and graduate students is expected Thursday.
Walker is consciously attempting to turn private sector workers against their class brothers and sisters in the public sector. In La Crosse he told steelworkers that industrial workers in Wisconsin have made enormous “sacrifices,” so government workers should to the same. “What I’m asking for pales in comparison to what everybody else is doing in the private sector,” he said. “We think these are reasonable, modest changes. I think most employees outside of government would say this is a pretty good deal.”
These attempts were not successful, however. By all accounts the large demonstrations in Madison were attended by many workers from the private sector.
“The government only wants the rich to get richer, and it’s leaving the working and middle class behind,” Melinda Foster, a radiology technician at the University of Wisconsin hospital, told the World Socialist Web Site. “Why can’t we cut the billionaires’ and executives’ pay?”
Sally, a teacher, said the budget cuts would make paying her bills much harder. “This last winter was really tough for me,” she said. “I ended up borrowing money just to pay my property taxes. I am working another job in addition to being a teacher. At least I’m not putting kids through college. We don’t have cushy jobs; many of us are working paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet.”
Edson, a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin Madison, compared the development to the toppling of dictators in the Middle East. “When the government stops listening to us, that’s when it becomes like Egypt,” he said.
Οι κινητοποιήσεις εξαπλώνονται και αλλού στις ΗΠΑ. Για να δούμε τι μπορούν να κάνουν
Public Worker Protests Spread To Ohio
Spoiler:
as overburdened state governments look to close deficits and cut costs, other states are in the middle of the same debate.
In Ohio, a fight has been playing out more quietly over a bill that would end collective bargaining for all state workers and limit it for other public employees. The legislation would also eliminate salary schedules in favor of merit pay, a measure that has been heavily criticized by the state's public safety workers' unions. Unlike Wisconsin's bill, the Ohio legislation includes firefighters and police officers unions.
In Ohio, a fight has been playing out more quietly over a bill that would end collective bargaining for all state workers and limit it for other public employees. The legislation would also eliminate salary schedules in favor of merit pay, a measure that has been heavily criticized by the state's public safety workers' unions. Unlike Wisconsin's bill, the Ohio legislation includes firefighters and police officers unions.
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