Mark and his friend on their own dime setup a webcam and streamed the Rotunda of the capital building 24/7 so people could realize just how amazing an experience it was. No corporate media gave unedited footage and no labor media used their resources to do so.
He notes that in his workplace "There's been labor peace with Kroger. Kroger has been able to stay competitive. It definitely works" and that"Hopefully in Pennsylvania not a portion of the Giant Eagles will be organized but all of the Giant Eagles." Many Tea twits are saying that he needs to stay out of this since it's not his fight but "If people think the Sb5 is the last piece of union busting legislation we will see then they're crazy. if it works for Sb5 then they're coming after the private sector...
Former Madison Mayor and Candidate on how the worker revolution in Madison and how it's not like the anti-war movement and why we need to strategically target Scott Walkers contributors.
Patti Defibaugh on why we need state workers to make sure injured citizens get what they deserve instead of international corporations. Also why there's serious understaffing that may lead to the working poor not recieving medical care. Also how Corbetts increase in medical benefits won't help those staffing issues.
We talked about the GOP playbook that is being run harder than anywhere in Michigan and that people think "Think they were buying effeciency[last election]. The republican party has shown they havent changed"
Saturday May 14th 1000s of workers from around the state will join together with Pocono Medical Centers to demand management negotiate fairly and stop the union busting in Pennsylvania!
Luigi Borda, "Luigi Gets Around" on his 100 mile run to keep public education public and find out why people want to destroy it but don't want to destroy it for THEIR CHILDREN.
A little over a year ago Kasich claimed if you got in his way he'd run you over with a bus. Alisia is a bus driver(TWU Member), and she tells us why he needs try driving one before throwing out some harsh rhetoric
She talks about how they need collective bargaining so bus drivers can bring people safely to work. She notes that this isn't about wages.
She tells us how much the political landscape has changed inside the Ohio legislature. This isn't the change that people voted for. We didn't make the recession but Gov. Kasich and his billionaire friends seem to want to keep us here. Similar to PA it seems like the right wing of the Ohio legislature is more interested in attacking womens' rights and giving tax breaks to big business than helping get people back to work. She reminds us that we don't just need to win tomorrow, we need to be big.
He talks about how the right wing has lost Jesus along the way when they preach to benefit the wealth class. He talks about Matthrew 25 "When did I see you hungry." He says that if you aren't feeding the hungry and caring for the poor then YOU aren't a Christian! He notes that if the unions are broken in Ohio it will be like a tsunami against the poor in Ohio. We remind everyone that this is NOT about the budget. Unions have been the only way to rise up and Kasich is trying to keep those people down.
John Bilan outside the Hershey's Museum