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Packers' Charles Woodson sides with Wisconsin protesters
DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
1:17 PM, Feb. 20, 2011
The Green Bay Packers’ Charles Woodson has joined the side of the protesters in Wisconsin.
Woodson, who attended Michigan and plays cornerback for the Super Bowl champion Packers, issued a statement today through the NFL Players Association in support of the throngs who have been protesting a plan by Gov. Scott Walker to eliminate most of public employees’ collective bargaining rights.
“Thousands of dedicated Wisconsin public workers provide vital services for Wisconsin citizens. They are the teachers, nurses and child care workers who take care of us and our families. These hard working people are under an unprecedented attack to take away their basic rights to have a voice and collectively bargain at work,” said Woodson, who is one of the Packers’ represntatives to the NFL players union.
Snow turning to freezing rain drove union supporters inside today for a sixth day of demonstrations at the Wisconsin Capitol. The demonstrators banged on drums and danced in the Capitol Rotunda while chanting, “This is what Democracy looks like.”
Walker’s proposal would require government workers to contribute more to their health care and pension costs and limit collective bargaining to pay increases less than the Consumer Price Index. Walker says the measure is needed to deal with the state’s projected $3.6-billion budget shortfall.
Well said, Charles.
Packers' Charles Woodson sides with Wisconsin protesters
DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
1:17 PM, Feb. 20, 2011
The Green Bay Packers’ Charles Woodson has joined the side of the protesters in Wisconsin.
Woodson, who attended Michigan and plays cornerback for the Super Bowl champion Packers, issued a statement today through the NFL Players Association in support of the throngs who have been protesting a plan by Gov. Scott Walker to eliminate most of public employees’ collective bargaining rights.
“Thousands of dedicated Wisconsin public workers provide vital services for Wisconsin citizens. They are the teachers, nurses and child care workers who take care of us and our families. These hard working people are under an unprecedented attack to take away their basic rights to have a voice and collectively bargain at work,” said Woodson, who is one of the Packers’ represntatives to the NFL players union.
Snow turning to freezing rain drove union supporters inside today for a sixth day of demonstrations at the Wisconsin Capitol. The demonstrators banged on drums and danced in the Capitol Rotunda while chanting, “This is what Democracy looks like.”
Walker’s proposal would require government workers to contribute more to their health care and pension costs and limit collective bargaining to pay increases less than the Consumer Price Index. Walker says the measure is needed to deal with the state’s projected $3.6-billion budget shortfall.
Well said, Charles.