Thread: Wisc. High School Teachers Bring Students to Protest

In Wisconsin, Teachers Take Students from Class to Protest

By DANIEL HALPER
12:55 PM, Feb 16, 2011



Teachers and students in Wisconsin are protesting Governor Scott Walker's budget bill. But it's not a mark of democracy: instead, teachers have been taking kids out of school to march on the Capitol in Madison. It's being called a "sickout" -- and it's illegal.

"Teachers are joining protests planned today at the State Capitol," one witness to the protest said. "Yesterday, more than half of the student body of Madison East High School walked out with the support and assistance of their teachers."

Here's footage of the students in action (courtesy of the MacIver Institute):

Video: Wisc. High School Teachers Bring Students to Protest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufj2d8C ... r_embedded

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/wis ... 50230.html

Reminds me of the LA school "walkouts" .

Fire every single teacher that walked out. Then hire in new younger teachers as I'm betting those who walked out are generally the older teachers who are counting the big bucks.

Not the kind of teachers we need either.

http://drudgereport.com/



Dems missing from Wis. Capitol ahead of union vote http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110217/ap_ ... get_unions

New Gov. takes on State Employees Unions... http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/ ... 03286.html

Madison schools, others closed amid call for demonstrations... http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/ ... 002e0.html

1,100 teachers call in 'sick'... http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/17/wiscon ... tml?hpt=T2

Obama: 'Assault'... http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2011 ... nions.html

Rep.: 'Like Cairo Moved To Madison'... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/ ... dison.html

PAPER: 'Unions want to overturn election result'... http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/116355379.html

Police searching for Senate Dems avoiding union vote... http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolit ... 81289.html

Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:44 AM

40% of Madison Teachers call in Sick, Schools Shut; Video of Massive Protest in Wisconsin Capitol Building; If Jackasses Could Think

Public unions objecting to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's plan that will save 6,000 jobs flooded the state capitol in protest. 40% of Madison area teachers called in sick.

Those teachers should all be fired. Unfortunately they cannot be fired because their union protects them.

Please consider this amazing video from the Wisconsin state capitol building.

Video: Mobile update 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbEFi4SF ... r_embedded

Time Magazine reports Public Workers Protest in Wisconsin

Thousands of Wisconsin's union workers and supporters crowded into the state capitol in Madison for a second day to protest a bill that would strip key collective-bargaining rights from public employees. The measure, introduced last Friday by new Republican Governor Scott Walker, would take away public-worker unions' ability to negotiate pensions, working conditions and benefits. State and local workers would have to foot more of the cost for their pensions--around 5.8 %--and more than twice that percentage of their health-care costs. Nearly all public workers--the bill exempts police, firefighters and state troopers--would be able to bargain only for salary, and any wage increases would be tied to the Consumer Price Index. (Raises beyond that capped figure would require a special referendum.)

“I'm just trying to balance my budget,â€

Wisconsin Gov Puts National Guard On Alert After Implementing Emergency Budget Measures

Author: Mac Slavo- February 17th, 2011
Comments 42

In an effort to prevent Egypt in Milwaukee, Governor Scott Walker has put the National Guard on alert:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, unveiled an emergency budget proposal Friday to deal with the state’s growing budget woes. Wisconsin has a $137 million deficit this year, and faces a projected $2.9 billion budget shortfall for 2012 and 2013.

Under Walker’s plan, public employees would lose all of their collective bargain rights, except a limited negotiation of wages. State workers would also have to contribute more to their pension and health care benefit plans.

Unions erupted in outrage as they learned about Walker’s proposal. The Governor told Milwaukee Public Radio that he has briefed the Wisconsin National Guard to prepare them for any worker unrest today.

Source: Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/national ... lan-2011-2

For readers of SHTFplan, it’s no secret that the Pentagon and Military are Actively War Gaming ‘Large Scale Economic Breakdown’ and ‘Civil Unrest’. http://www.shtfplan.com/marc-faber/pent ... t_11222010 The Governor of Wisconsin seems to understand what the result is when you start making emergency cuts and instituting austerity measures.

The National Guard has been training for these scenarios for quite some time, and soldiers returning from the Middle East are well versed in urban and suburban-style policing and warfare. In the initial stages of protests, we’ll see traditional police deployment, but once the first Molotov gets thrown, you can be assured that US military assets will be deployed on American streets. It will not be a good day for America when that happens.

Unless the trend of broke and hungry http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/b ... l_01112011 and unemployed Americans http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/u ... n_02042011 is reversed, we will soon see a breaking point. People can only sit on their couches watching Jersey Shore for so long before their hungry bellies force them into action - well, that and if the cable were to get turned off due to an inability to pay the bill.

Protesters In Action:

Raw Video: Thousands Protest Anti-union Bill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AbeAcTi ... r_embedded

The fact of the matter is that States are bankrupt. What we’ve seen from Governor Walker in Wisconsin and Governor Christie in New Jersey is nothing compared to what needs to, and will, happen. The estimates are that roughly 2 million government workers on the State and Local level are going to lose their jobs during this crisis. http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/s ... s_06222010

Plus what we’ll continue to lose in the private sector.

While unemployment insurance is a backstop for now, more and more people are losing their benefits each month - and they’re left with no way to pay their mortgage, feed their families, or put gas in the car. For those now joining the unemployment benefit plans, there’s inflation to be dealt with. Thus, even though one has 99 weeks left before benefits expire, as the dollar continues to lose strength and food and energy costs rise, it becomes much more difficult to even cover the basic necessities with a weekly government assistance check.

According to Celentian philosophy, “when people lose everything, and they have nothing left to lose, they lose it,â€