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New Jersey: Union Workers Stand Together

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March 8, 2011
Some 10,000 union members and supporters filled the grounds of the state capitol in Trenton, sending a message of solidarity to Wisconsin public workers and some advice to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: stop the attacks on public workers. Busloads of CWAers from Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Maryland, D.C. and West Virginia made the trip to stand up with public workers, sending a strong message that workers can?t be divided. Despite the pouring rain, union members and supporters cheered the call for workers to have bargaining rights and jeered at politicians? efforts to divide workers.

"We Stand With Wisconsin"

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March 7, 2011

That was the message that spread like wildfire as Wisconsin union members and supporters stood strong to keep the collective bargaining rights public workers have had for 50 years. As Republican governors and Republican-controlled legislatures in many states attempted to strip away public worker bargaining rights, the state capital in Madison became the starting point of a huge grassroots campaign to stop the attack on workers.

Indiana: Legislature Backs Off "Right to Work"

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March 7, 2011

Thousands of union workers are standing strong at the statehouse in Indianapolis, pushing back against a Republican governor and legislature that want to weaken workers' collective bargaining rights. Crowds of more than 4,000 filled the halls of the statehouse, standing up for Indiana families and workers' rights.