NFFE Local 276 Marches in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers
Tuesday, March 1, 2011(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Since
Republican Governor Scott Walker introduced a
bill to strip state employees of their right to
bargain collectively, workers rights advocates
and union members from across the country have
descended on Madison, Wisconsin, to stand up
for their rights.
Joining
the thousands of protestors at the State
Capitol last week were members of NFFE Local
276, who work at the US Forest Service’s Forest
Products Laboratory nearby in the city.
Repulsed by the Governor’s unjust attack on the
rights of public employees, members turned out
in a show of solidarity with their union
brothers and sisters.
“It was
an unbelievably beautiful experience to
look at the throng of protesters and
see participation from such diverse
Unions as the Teamsters, Sheet Metal Workers,
Steamfitters, AFT, Union Pipe Trades, SEIU,
AFSCME, Graduate Students Association, United
Steel Workers, and many others,” said NFFE
National Vice President and Local 276 member
John Obst, who was present at the rally. "It
makes me so PROUD to be
UNION."
Adding,
“When State Republicans attack Wisconsin’s
public sector Unions they attack ALL Unions.
NFFE’s motto of ‘all for one, and one for all’
was vigorously put into practice by Local 276
Members."