Earlier this week, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO co-sponsored a rally urging Governor-elect Scott Walker to save and create jobs by reversing his position on the federally funded high speed rail connection between Milwaukee and Madison.
Whether or not you attended the rally, you can show your support for good Wisconsin jobs by signing our online petition:
http://act.aflcio.org/c/270/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=932
Monday’s rally in support of high speed rail construction made headlines statewide and even earned national media attention. Below are links to some of our favorite online clips.
The Daily Reporter was quick to post this video from the rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xauZizjgD-8
The rail story received statewide radio coverage. Follow this link to download the Wisconsin Radio Network’s interview with Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt:
http://www.wrn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/phil1va111510.mp3
All four Milwaukee television stations (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) covered the rally. The video clip below is from WISN-ABC:
http://www.wisn.com/money/25794513/detail.html
WTMJ-NBC broadcast the following story, which highlighted the rally and suggested that corporate campaign contributions may have influenced Walker’s decision:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/108120439.html?video=pop&t=a&bctid=CLIP_ID_394336
Newspapers including the Milwaukee Courier, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee Labor Press and the Shepherd Express showed up to cover the rally.
The link below is from the Milwaukee Business Journal:
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2010/11/15/labor-elected-officials-rally-for-rail.html
This link is from the Milwaukee Community Journal: http://www.communityjournal.net/?p=8612
Associated Press coverage of the rally was shared by national news media and newspapers statewide. Below are a few examples of outlets which ran the story.
Bloomberg Business Week:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JGVU1G0.htm
The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/16/rally-mocks-new-wisconsin_n_784273.html
The Green Bay Press-Gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201011160421
The Marshfield News Herald:
http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20101115/WDH0101/101115026/Updated-Activists-ask-Walker-to-reconsider-high-speed-rail
The La Crosse Tribune:
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/wi/article_f94a8394-f0f9-11df-9ddd-001cc4c002e0.html
To watch video of the entire rally, visit the Wisconsin Eye Television archives:
http://www.wiseye.org/wisEye_programming/ARCHIVES-newsconference.html#4320
(Top Photo: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt at the Rally to Save Wisconsin Jobs and Talgo. Bottom Photo: Crowd of hundreds at Monday's Rally. Credit for both photos: Karen Hickey. More pictures are available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisaflcio/sets/72157625274171025/.)
S.E.I.U. is "finally" hit with a R.I.C.O. indictment and rightfully so! How many more illegal activities by Unions are going to come down?
http://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2011/03/20/seiu-hit-with-rico-lawsuit-blames-hunton-williams-and-koch-brothers/
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