No surprise that since the fags are now allowed in the military, that they have their own caucus in the unions.
Posted on 04/09/2011 7:30:30 AM PDT by Libloather
Union members descend on Olympia to protest budget cuts
By John Stang
Kitsap Sun
Posted April 8, 2011 at 7:03 p.m.
OLYMPIA — Worker solidarity. Budget cuts. Tax breaks. Wisconsin.
That's what brought an estimated 7,000 people to the steps of the state Capitol on Friday.
"The legislators see us outside and see what we represent," said Steve Davidson, a firefighter with Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue and a member of the Kitsap County-based Local 2819 of the International Association of Firefighters. "It makes a difference."
"We're standing with all workers across the state and across the nation," said CK firefighter John Tollefson, a member of the same local.
The rally-goers focused on preserving union jobs, protesting anti-union legislation, fighting against education and health care budget cuts, and calling for the end of tax breaks.
But one matter got under the skin of Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island and chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Committee, which handles most ferry issues — a couple of the protest signs that slammed her.
Terri Mast, an official of the Inlandboatmen's union, criticized a Haugen bill that made ferry captains and chief engineers members of management. The ferry unions opposed that bill.
"Senator Haugen?" Mast yelled
"BOOOoooooo!," the crowd responded.
Mast yelled: "Are you willing to stand up for the ferry workers of Washington state?"
The crowd responded: "Yeah!"
Haugen had a bill scheduled to go to the full Senate Friday to add a 25-cent surcharge to ferry tickets to pay for future ferries. Angered by the crowd, she decided not to take it to the floor.
"I'm done with it ... All they do is think about themselves," Haugen said. She voiced uninterest in taking the bill to the full Senate, but gave mixed signals on the topic.
Crowd members talked about the Legislature proposing budgets with deep cuts, but failing to tackle breaks for businesses.
"Let's put need before corporate greed," Carol Dotlich, president of the Washington Federation of State Employees, told the crowd.
Signs read: " My community college teacher pays more taxes than General Electric," "People before profits," "Main Street, not Wall Street."
Earlier this week, bills were introduced in both chambers to examine tax breaks to see if they are still justified.
Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown told reporters Friday that she doesn't think there are enough votes in either the Senate or the House to reach the two-thirds majority required to close tax breaks. She said such a proposal would not be part of the Senate's forthcoming budget plan, expected Tuesday.
The House plans to vote today on a budget plan that includes $4.4 billion in cuts.
And crowd members — from almost every union in the state — talked about efforts by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and its state senate to remove collective bargaining for state employees.
"The slippery-slope argument — it's true. When you get a wedge into that right, it invites more," Davidson said.
"What happens to state workers could follow through into the private sector, " said Ed Mott, a retired Teamster from Seattle.
Speaking at the rally Friday was Wisconsin Sen. Spencer Coggs, one of 14 Democratic state senators who hid in Illinois so Walker wouldn't have a quorum to consider his collective-bargaining bill.
"Brothers and sisters, this is what democracy is all about," Coggs told the crowd. "It's good not to have to hide anymore from Wisconsin state troopers. I believe those brothers and sisters weren't trying too hard anyway."
The crowd was well-behaved and well-organized, even securing its own traffic-control contingent. Part of the crowd moved into the statehouse rotunda for a follow-up rally that included Scottish bagpipes and drums.
No incidents occurred and no arrests were made, said Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins.
On Thursday, 17 people were arrested after a crowd of about 400 people converged on Gregoire's office, causing a scuffle with police. One man was booked on two counts of assault after reportedly attacking two state troopers, while the other 16 individuals were cited for disorderly conduct and released, Calkins said.
Who do you call when you need an expert who knows everything about hiding from the law and/or his job? A Wisconsin RAT Flea.
Frigging parasites!!
Thugs!
The irony of her words is totally lost on her Washington state ping...;-)
Let em keep this crap up.....The more in your face they are the more the gen public will become aware of whats been going on for decades......
Even my ole CWA Union buds are opoening up there eyes...
>>Signs read: “ My community college teacher pays more taxes than General Electric,” “People before profits,” “Main Street, not Wall Street.”
Another brain-dead libtard. Who do you think pays for that teacher’s salary? And if it’s “people before profits”, then how is the business going to survive without profit?
The minimum for the teachers across the nation is $28/hour so F these union scumbags.
Thanks for posting this Libloather. The commonality of circumstance between what is going on here in Washington state and the dust-up in Wisconsin is only superficial.
Both states are in fiscal trouble.
That’s it. Everything else about Walker and his heroic stand against the unions won’t happen here. This state is deeper blue and has been under constant hard-leftist rule for over twenty years.
Sure, they need to address the shortfalls but all they’ll do is arrange the deckchairs. “Our” governor even welcomed the trash into our capitol building and encouraged a repeat of the outrageous foolishness we witnessed in Madison.
What you are seeing here is the left eating the left.
More popcorn please!
No surprise that since the fags are now allowed in the military, that they have their own caucus in the unions.
“On Thursday, 17 people were arrested after a crowd of about 400 people converged on Gregoire’s office, causing a scuffle with police. One man was booked on two counts of assault after reportedly attacking two state troopers, while the other 16 individuals were cited for disorderly conduct and released, Calkins said.”
See, when a Democrat is governor, you get arrested for picketing. If you are a Republican, the police lay down and you get total anarchy.
“The legislators see us outside and see what we represent,”
Yeah, a bunch of morons with & 7 year olds concept of money.
Here is what you get from the unions in Washington:
“Government Takeover Of West Seattle Ferry Triples Costs”
“In 2009, budget records show Argosy Cruises operated the foot ferry for about $115,000 a month. This year, King County plans on spending more than $370,000 a month after cutting ties with Argosy.”
“Argosy didn’t use union labor. King County cut a deal to hire members of the Inland Boatmen’s Union and others. Now labor costs alone are more than the entire operating budget under Argosy.”
http://www.kirotv.com/news/23684667/detail.html
Imagine if we could get rid of all the union scum in Washington. We could probably run our government for one third the cost.
As a citizen of a right to work state (Virginia) I can only shake my head in stunned amazement at the crap that goes on in the union states. The only up side to the failure of the deep blue states to reform themselves is that the right to work states stand to benefit. I do hope that Governor McDonnell here in Virginia has a rapid response team that specializes in business recruitment.
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Drove by..... the unions spent tens of thousands on that circus. And also hid behind the kids just like the taliban.
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