Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:06 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
Hearing room packed to #stopRTW
And so it begins...the Wisconsin #Republicans Assembly hearing on Right to work for less
![]() ![]() Wisconsin Strong @WisconsinStrong 4m4 minutes ago #wiunion RT @wisaflcio: Hearing room packed to #stopRTW
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riversedge | Mar 2015 | OP |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #1 | |
Scuba | Mar 2015 | #2 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #8 | |
Jackpine Radical | Mar 2015 | #3 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #4 | |
AllyCat | Mar 2015 | #5 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #6 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #7 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #9 | |
Kashkakat v.2.0 | Mar 2015 | #10 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #13 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #11 | |
midnight | Mar 2015 | #17 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #12 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #14 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #15 | |
midnight | Mar 2015 | #18 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #16 | |
Pharaoh | Mar 2015 | #19 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #21 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #20 | |
riversedge | Mar 2015 | #22 | |
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riversedge | Mar 2015 | #26 |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:08 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
1. Cory Mason Packed room for Assembly Labor Cmte on "Right to Work" bill in Rm 417 N of WI State Capit
Cory Mason @RepCoryMason 8m8 minutes ago Packed room for Assembly Labor Cmte on "Right to Work" bill in Rm 417 N of WI State Capitol. #WIUnion #wrongforwi ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:11 PM
Scuba (53,475 posts)
2. I'm sure our Republican legislators really give a fuck about what the citizens have to say.
Response to Scuba (Reply #2)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:34 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
8. I agree....
These hearings are for show. Law says they need them but as evidenced by last week-shutting down the hearing early and immediately taking a vote--they had no notion of listening.
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:12 PM
Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)
3. OMG, a whole room full of homegrown terrorists,
and the legislature is brave enough to show up? I have really been underrating their courage.
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Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #3)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:15 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
4. scary bunch aren't they
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:16 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
6. local UAW 95 speaking - This legislation will devastate 5 years of negotiations related to jobs for
Will Kramer @wnkramer 5m5 minutes ago President of local UAW 95 speaking - This legislation will devastate 5 years of negotiations related to jobs for Janesville #righttowork |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:32 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
7. Article link in LBN.....
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:38 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
9. WI Biz Lobby Claims Employers Pay for 95% of Construction Training; @PolitiFactWisc Shoots Them Dow
Leslie Miller retweeted We Party Patriots @WePartyPatriots 1m1 minute ago WI Biz Lobby Claims Employers Pay for 95% of Construction Training; @PolitiFactWisc Shoots Them Down -- http://bit.ly/1N8J6rr #wiunion #1u |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:22 PM
Kashkakat v.2.0 (1,705 posts)
10. Watch on Wisconsin Eye - bankruptcy lawyer on now
is hysterical. Supports RTW so he gets more business (spoof)
http://www.wiseye.org/Home/AirVideoStream.aspx |
Response to Kashkakat v.2.0 (Reply #10)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:46 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
13. I hope to catch it later. thanks
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:41 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
11. Rep. Brostoff ‏@RepBrostoff 2h2 hours ago Come to the Capitol to make your voice heard! My office i
It is not to too late if you are in the area
![]() Rep. Brostoff @RepBrostoff 2h2 hours ago Come to the Capitol to make your voice heard! My office is Room 3 North. Feel free to leave your coat in my office. Embedded image permalink ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Reply #11)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 03:54 PM
midnight (26,624 posts)
17. "We have over 350 private sector businesses from all over the state saying, 'please, we don't want
more government intrusion, make this bill go away.'"
I wish I was near by, but hopefully these companies will send their spokespeople… http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Is-right-to-work-right-for-Wisconsin-289097421.html |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:45 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
12. Michigan Workers Warn Wisconsin About Danger of ‘Right-To-Work’ Laws
Spud Lovr @SpudLovr Feb 25 Michigan Workers Warn Wisconsin About Danger of ‘Right-To-Work’ Laws http://thkpr.gs/3626067 via @thinkprogress #wiunion #wipolitics View summary 0 replies 34 retweets 12 favorites |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:48 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
14. Mourad (from Nat. RTW Cmte): Union membership=felony kidnapping and extortion. Worse than nasty
comment. What a jerk! I read that ann coulter is Sec for this vile organization!!
Defeat Right to Work and 42 others follow Saul Newton @saulnewton 4m4 minutes ago Greg Mourad (from Nat. RTW Cmte): Union membership=felony kidnapping and extortion. #wrongforwi #RTW #wipolitics |
Response to riversedge (Reply #14)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 01:54 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
15. National #RTW Committee's Moran compares union shops to criminals coercing union dues. ...
Already an article about this.
Joe Parisi and 105 others follow Steve Verburg @St_Verburg 13m13 minutes ago National #RTW Committee's Moran compares union shops to criminals coercing union dues. #wipolitics http://ow.ly/JPHW9 http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-state-assembly-panel-conducting--hour-hearing-on-right/article_f044ed38-106d-5e7e-a0c2-84b2fb9279ef.html ![]() Assembly panel conducting 10-hour hearing on right-... Speakers will be subject to time limits on their testimony. UAW official claims bill would harm efforts to revive Janesville GM plant. View on web |
Response to riversedge (Reply #15)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 03:55 PM
midnight (26,624 posts)
18. I hope someone responded to all the dues ALEC collects too...
Response to riversedge (Reply #14)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 02:04 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
16. Ann Coulter is Secretary of the Nat'l #RTW Committee which is against "forced unionism" and "monopol
Found the tweet:
Rebecca Kemble @rebeccakemble · 25m 25 minutes ago Not surprising, Ann Coulter is Secretary of the Nat'l #RTW Committee which is against "forced unionism" and "monopolistic bargaining." #AB61 |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:11 PM
Pharaoh (8,209 posts)
19. Everyone testifying is against this bill
Where are the people testifying who are for it?
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Response to Pharaoh (Reply #19)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:42 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
21. 25 in favor; 1,751 people against.--from the Senate last week....
Most ARE against--RTW. Suspect the assembly bill today will be similar
This was a tweet from last week Senate hearing--those who testified (remember Nass shut it down early so there would have been more) Feb 25 Sen. Steve Nass releases tally of registrants for hrg. Tuesday on WI "right-to-work" bill: 25 in favor; 1,751 people against. |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:38 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
20. "I don't recall #RightToWork being a campaign issue; which of you put this up to a vote in your dist
This was not discussed in the deistricts--it iw just another bomb from walker!
CMD's PR Watch @prwatch 13m13 minutes ago "I don't recall #RightToWork being a campaign issue; which of you put this up to a vote in your districts?" #WIleg Embedded image permalink View photo 0 replies 2 retweets 1 favorite ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Reply #20)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:45 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
22. Lillian Cheesman, West Allis, asks panel, who here ran on RTW? I don't remember this being a campaig
No Republicans ran in this issue a few short months ago.
WI AFL-CIO @wisaflcio 18m18 minutes ago Lillian Cheesman, West Allis, asks panel, who here ran on RTW? I don't remember this being a campaign issue. #stopRTW #wrongforWI 0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites |
Response to riversedge (Reply #22)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:48 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
23. Lilian Cheesman asks committee members which of them ran on this issue in the 2014 campaign?
![]() ![]() One Wisconsin Now @onewisconsinnow 24m24 minutes ago Lilian Cheesman asks committee members which of them ran on this issue in the 2014 campaign? Answer: <crickets> #WrongforWI Rebecca Kemble @rebeccakemble 24m24 minutes ago ......................... Lillian Cheesman: "Which of you ran on a #RTW platform?" ![]() Embedded image permalink View photo 0 replies 0 retweets 1 favorite |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 07:36 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
24. Gramma Nancy: "If anybody made me pee in a cup when I was unemployed I would've been seriously insu
You go gal
![]() Rebecca Kemble @rebeccakemble 52s53 seconds ago Gramma Nancy: "If anybody made me pee in a cup when I was unemployed I would've been seriously insulted." #RTW #AB61 ![]() |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:18 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
25. Sister McDonnell: greed for power is unworthy. Stop this immoral bill right here and right now.
WI AFL-CIO @wisaflcio 1m1 minute ago
Sister McDonnell: greed for power is unworthy. Stop this immoral bill right here and right now. #stopRTW |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:19 PM
riversedge (63,831 posts)
26. Lynn Leitner:"I want you to all to look into your heart & realize this is the wrong thing to do"
RightWingWatch Fan @RWwatchMA 17m17 minutes ago Lynn Leitner:"I want you to all to look into your heart & realize this is the wrong thing to do" #stopRTW #wrongforwi Embedded image permalink View photo 0 replies 1 retweet 1 favorite |