Stunning Wisconsin Protest Videos, with Arcade Fire

Such a great video.n

Didn’t tear up. What do I win?

Hey, Roflras2, were you in the video? Sounds like it!

Get real. The government got us into this problem (States & National), and the people will have to pay for their mistakes!

Do laughter tears count?

Democracy means never having to actually vote! Or something….

This is “STUNNING”?? how?? seeing public unions getting paid to protest. Receiving fraudulent doctors notes, running to another state instead of voting? The well has run dry for the corrupt liberal government unions, they’re going to have to steal from somebody else.

This is America! You are truly about why people came to Amercia a long time ago, why people fight to keep our country save and free, and why people have strived to maintain the qualify of life that so many of us desire. You have sent a message of hope for all the young and the old. I hope and pray that our leaders in government will feel the same way.

People need to prioritize their lives and get back to work. I have no time to protest. I’m too busy taking care of my family.

You’re an ignorant moron!

Republic!!!! all those whining little cry babies need to take a cut so they won’t have to lose their jobs!

I love it. I hope I can make it a home page

WOW!!

I find it heartening that the protesters in different countries are communicating solidarity with each other by way of ‘protest sign’. The whole world seems to be awaking from political slumber, and this MUST continue.nnThe whole world’s watching, and we must not let them down. This is bigger than any of us, be we are all partners.

The wealthy among us took a cut – in their fair share of taxes. Now ‘they say’ there’s not enough to operate on??nnDo you see the bad logic in that? We should bow to their wealth???

Sorry, Dave, if you’re “too busy” then you’re the one we’re protesting. Either that, or simply negligent in “taking care of your family.”

for the retard calling people cry babies wait til the corrupt crapaticians start trying to pull that shit in your state and thousands and thousands of jobs are affected pull your head out of your crack

to the retards calling people cry babies and saying get over it hope that you wont have to go through the Corruptaticians pulling thta shit in your state affecting thousands and thousands of jobs

Thank goodness for the right we all have to publicly protest and hopefully reverse unfair policy

Greed really brings out the violence in people, doesn’t it?

Sorry, but the video needs editing. Whoever did it is great on music videos but knows little on political substance. Get rid of dancing and fiddling. Increase the number of folks inside. Place american flags all about. You guys have a lot to learn from Republicans about placement and marketing. :)nnNext… To all of you who said or are thinking…”How can this possibly affect me. I don’t have TIME to do anything I got to take care of my family.” Ponder this, if you will. That is exactly the operative definition of a flexible work force. A flexible work force is what International Global Institutions are creating. You’re behaving against your best interests. You and your family don’t count to my friends in corporate board rooms. You are just a cost. And in ten years you’ll be a bigger cost. And ten years after that you’ll be done…Get it? That kind of thinking did not make this country great. nnSo we work because we all must, but work smartly, work to better the environment collectively for yourselves and your kids. Contribute 1 hr of your labor to a just cause. Your kids will love – admire you for it. I did it with mine, and my dad did the same with me. Working for just a paycheck when there is class warfare afoot is old school dudes.

Sorry The video needs editing. Whoever did it is great on music videos but knows little on political substance. Get rid of dancing and fiddling. Increase the number of folks inside. Place american flags all about. You guys have a lot to learn from Republicans about placement and marketing. :)nnNext… To all of you who said or are thinking…”How can this possibly affect me. I don’t have TIME to do anything I got to take care of my family.” Ponder this if you will. That is exactly the operative definition of a flexible work force. A flexible work force is what International Global Institutions are creating. You’re behaving against your best interests. You and your family don’t count to my friends in corporate board rooms. You are just a cost. And in ten years you’ll be a bigger cost. And ten years after that you’ll be gone…Get it? That kind of thinking did not make this country great.nnSo we work because we all must, but work smartly, work to better the environment for yourselves and your kids. Contribute 1 hr of your labor to a just cause. Your kids will love – admire you for it. I did it with mine and my dad did the same with me. Working for just a paycheck when there is class warfare afoot is old school dudes.

Such hateful messages coming from the right… Born of frustration and archaic ideas. Big government, small government… Who cares, let’s just have responsible government, not mountains of facades and lies.

The unions in Wisconsin have negotiated temselves out of existance. The leaders do not care about the workers, but only care about keeping their positions as a union leader. Times are tough and concessions NEED TO BE MADE!! Things like tenure and collective barganing need to go as well.

The unions in Wisconsin and other states have made a very bad name for themselves with this situation. It is indicative of union bosses though. All they care about is keeping their power and could care less about the members. With the economy the way it is, concessions have to be made. Watch the union bosses stand their ground and lose 1000′s of jobs and blame the govenor for it.

I am a public employee. My state pays me $4.55 cent per hour to do skilled nursing in an at home setting. How many would work for that? Put the blame where the blame belongs: Banks, Big Business and government contracts that do not have to renegotiate their contracts. US Bank makes billions of dollars off of the very people that can least afford it by way of the Reliacard. Billions in interest and fees they charge the poorest citizens to access their own money from child support, workers comp timeloss, and unemployment. SHAME ON THEM AND SHAME ON OUR STATE GOVERNMENTS for letting it happen.

I am a public employee in a UNION! I get paid $4.55 per hour to do skilled nursing for a ventilator patient so he can remain at home during his last months. I brought him home from a nursing home that was costing the state $30,000 to $40,000 per MONTH. I am a professional with a degree but chose to help a dear friend die at home and he is my best friend. My husband is considered family support and gets 0. nnMost of the public employees in my state Oregon are like me, living at or below the poverty line and now you want to take my job away. I will be forced to send my friend back to the nursing home to die so I can eat. Then the state will be forced to pick up the tab for both of us! Cost effective? NOT!!!nnPut the blame where the blame belongs BANKS and Big Businesses. US BANK has a contract nationwide to dole out workers comp benefits, child support, and unemployment insurance payments. Not only do they make record profits off the interest they charge the poorest of our society a fee to access their money. SHAME ON THEM and shame on us for allowing it to happen. They are not required to renegotiate their contracts (up in June) but we are. nn

Unions created the middle class and family supporting wages resulted in demand for products and services. So maybe more private sector union members would create more jobs.nnThe best economy in Europe is in Germany. Want to know which country also has the strongest unions? That would be Germany!nnSo all you Tea Party believers need to join us in standing up for your fellow workers. Don’t be fooled by the fake grassroots organizations who are really corporations in sheep’s clothing. You are primarily WORKERS. That is where your bread is buttered. Trickle down has been tried and has failed. Let’s try old fashioned hanging together to prevent each of us hanging separately. n

Unions created the middle class and family supporting wages resulted in demand for products and services. So maybe more private sector union members would create more jobs.nnThe best economy in Europe is in Germany. Want to know which country also has the strongest unions? That would be Germany!nnSo all you Tea Party believers need to join us in standing up for your fellow workers. Don’t be fooled by the fake grassroots organizations who are really corporations in sheep’s clothing. You are primarily WORKERS. That is where your bread is buttered. Trickle down has been tried and has failed. Let’s try old fashioned hanging together to prevent each of us hanging separately. n

How can we make this video go viral? I want every human being to see this. Unity is beautiful!

I currently live in Walla Walla Washington, about 5 hours from any nearby capitol building.nHow can I help this movement in my area? Is there anyone on here that is organizing something in a relatively isolated town that could give me some advice?nIt seems like no one I talk to has ANY idea what is happening in Wisconsin, much less in the capitol buildings around the nation. How can I get the word out besides posting links and videos and articles to facebook walls?!nIn need of advice,nseagerrl@whitman.edu

“Unions created the middle class”nnThat’s ridiculous. Free markets are what created the middle class. It wasn’t government and it certainly wasn’t unions. Your government schools won’t tell you that though.

I support the public and private unions. I will be at rally in chicago to show my support. If Wisc go through with this bill I believe they will suffer a shortage of quality teachers in the future. Throught all this the song Which Side Are You On? by Natalie Merchant pops into my head. “Poor folks don’t have a chance unless they organize, Which Side Are You On Boys Which side are your on”.

“Poor folks don’t have a chance unless they organize, Which Side Are You On Boys, Which Side Are You On.” song by Natalie Merchant, would be song added to this video. I will be at the ralley in chicago to show my support.

Poor folks don’t have a chance unless they organize,

“Poor folks don’t have a chance unless they organize, which side are you on boys which side are you on.” song by Natalie Merchant, would go perfect with this video clip.

Mad, You are working as a home health care worker in a job that requires extremely little skill. What you are doing at home is NOT skilled nursing. If you have a degree, particularly in something that would provide you with a skill that is sought after in the labor market, you could hire a home health care worker for minimum wage and then personally extract wages from the labor market at a far higher rate. The notion that you would have to send your friend back to a nursing home because home health workers receive minimal wages is nonsense. If you were an RN or an LPN, you could easily work and hire 2.5 home health care workers to take care of your friend. I would have said 3.5 except that taxes would take so much of your paycheck to pay for bloated government that has resulted from oversized government wages, benefits and runaway entitlements.

Comparing Walker to Hitler is all about peace, love and brotherhood.

Mike, you misread the word “tear.” They meant to say, “tear up your old tax bill. Here is a newer larger one!”nnIf that doesn’t tear you up, nothing will.

Poor folks have plenty of chance if they get serious about their education and diligently apply it.

I am on the side of the taxpayer.

How is that relevant to my comment?

That was originally posted under Ballerina, in regard to “which side are you on?” Not sure how it got here… but, in any case, I am on the side of the taxpayer… which would put government employee unions in opposition to me.

If you knew what you were talking about it would be sad but since you do not let me educate you. I am doing skilled nursing that required special training above my nursing degree. When was the last time you cared for a person on a ventilator who has had a stroke and several heart attacks and changed a trach? Not to mention diabetes and mersa. nnI would have to send him back to the nursing home if our contract is ratified as suggested by our governor. It would cut my job and 2999 other homecare workers jobs.

Contact any SEIU local. We are rally at US banks across the nation on March 18th. We are making calls to members in Wisconsin and Ohio to show our support. We are knocking on doors and gathering support from union and non union members alike. nnPay no attention to the ignorant who do nothing but sit on their wallets and count their change.

Take your family to a protest, they may learn something more useful there than anything else you may be doing with them today.

Wow. You so do NOT know what is going on at the Capitol! None of the citizens who are protesting are getting paid to be there. And the Senators exercised a right they have to go outside of a jurisdiction to stop progress on the forward momentum of a bill, just as congress can filibuster. Even LINCOLN left the state to stop a vote he was opposed to.

OH, and by the way, I use to work at the University of Wisconsin, doing clerical work and was a Union member (and quite proud of it, by the way). I left my position at the University after 10 years of service to the students and faculty there because I couldn’t afford to stay at my job because of no raises over many, many years and increasing amounts of work to do because the State was “down-sizing” and laying thousands of employees off! I now work for two non-profit agencies and between my two jobs I am finally making enough to live on. And I am down at the Capitol nearly every day protesting to defeat Walker’s bill (which will destroy Wisconsin). Public employees are NOT lazy or over paid! Most work very hard and are very dedicated to their work, just as I’m sure you do.

If you don’t realize / know that unions created the middle class, then you don’t know anything about the history of the labor movement in this country!

This is a GREAT post! The strategy (for corporations) right now is to pit worker against worker! We need to join together to better all of our lives! Stop corporate greed and the transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the upper 2% of society! We need to fight the the corporations and stop corporate greed… and we can do that united together!

Yep… those fire fighters, police officers, nurses, teachers, snowplow drivers (that work 18 hour shifts when it’s snowing like crazy), etc. are lazy and “can’t or won’t work hard enough [to] earn [their pay and benefits]. I’d like you to come to WI and say that to one of the 300+ firefighters who’ve been protesting with us nearly every day.