Union Rally In Santa Ana Today
Posted by: Jubal | 05/15/2008 10:56 PM
I spoke with OCEA General manager Nick Bernardino earlier today, and he invited me to the labor "Day of Action" in Santa Ana.
I couldn't make it, but asked Nick send me a report and some photos:
Now the photos:
The guy in the red shirt and baseball cap exhorting the crowd is Nick.
I couldn't make it, but asked Nick send me a report and some photos:
On May 15, 2008, members of around thirty different California labor unions met in the Plaza of Flags, at the Santa Ana Civic Center, to protest Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts, now estimated at about $17 billion. Particularly hard hit are California's schools and teachers. Although the school budget cuts were a focus of the demonstration, the rally was in support of middle-class workers generally. Private-sector and public-sector unions were represented.Union members from diverse fields were represented: school personnel, laborers, home health workers, law enforcement, and many others. Some brought their entire families.
OCEA General Manager Nick Berardino said: "The crowd was estimated at nearly two thousand. Union members throughout southern California organized bus trips, and we had at least 26 busloads come in from out of the area. They came to protest the assault on the middle class by government and corporate interests. They protested the fact that some can barely afford gas to get to work, and some are losing their homes."
Now the photos:
The guy in the red shirt and baseball cap exhorting the crowd is Nick.
...since he's the union candidate for State Senate.
Rally for jobs?
Well, let's not forget ...
President Clinton has sold, wholesale, more USA jobs down the river than anyone in history (NAFTA) - for wall street's & their own personal gain.
Chinese (communist, human rights opressors) gratitude has made them very rich.
http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/05/12/good-riddance-to-hillary/
(Liberal OC doesn't want this truth on their site ...)