Up to 100,000 rally in Madison while hundreds show up in dozens of other cities to combat the Republican-backed measure that would limit collective bargaining rights for most public workers in Wisconsin.
As a candidate for the presidency, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) promised to march in picket lines with union workers should their rights to organize ever be challenged. Now, they’re under fire, but the president is not in the streets. One Missouri worker who spoke to protesters on Saturday wanted to know: “Where are you, Mr. President?”
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During a 2007 campaign speech in Spartanburg, South Carolina, then-Senator Obama told supporters he would fight for collective bargaining rights if he was elected president.“And understand this: If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I’ll walk on that picket line with you as president of the United States.”
This is where Americans bombard the White House with pairs of comfortable shoes, don't you think?
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