Protesters greet Wisconsin Gov. Walker in Troy (Michigan)
Source: Detroit News
April 17, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Protesters greet Wisconsin Gov. Walker in Troy
By Marisa Schultz
The Detroit News
Troy— Throngs of protesters chanting "we are the 99 percent" rallied Tuesday outside a banquet hall where Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was to address an Oakland County Republican Party fundraiser.
Walker is facing a June recall election in his home state following his efforts to limit collective bargaining rights for public employees which sparked off union protests that continue to follow the first-term Republican governor. Earlier Tuesday, he was greeted by a couple thousands union protesters in Illinois where spoke before the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
Organized in part by the UAW, the Michigan protest that one Troy Police officer estimated at about 2,000 along Big Beaver Road is the opening round of a nonviolent campaign called the "99 Percent Spring." It's an outgrowth of the Occupy Wall Street movement that seeks to fight against what protesters call corporate greed.
"I'm tired of … giving tax breaks to the rich," said Steve Dawes, assistant director of UAW Region 1C. "The showing out here really shows that he's not only in trouble in Wisconsin, he don't have no friends here either. Them people are all our brothers and sisters over there."
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Good!
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Both states had great turnouts for their anti-Walker protests! This Wisconsinite is filled with gratitude. 
for that terrible man. Much gratitude to my downstate brothers and sisters! 
Julie
Seems kinda abusive to me. But nice to see UAW given him hell. 
