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Will There Be Any Worker/Union Marches In Indy Tomorrow?....... (Original Post) global1 Feb 2012 OP
Are you holding your breath for that? WillowTree Feb 2012 #1
here's what the google found in answering your question mucifer Feb 2012 #2
Check the AFL CIO website Sherman A1 Feb 2012 #3
saw something yesterday from afl-cio i think...off to see if i can find it...i thought silvershadow Feb 2012 #4
I thought they were planning a march 2pooped2pop Feb 2012 #5

mucifer

(23,631 posts)
2. here's what the google found in answering your question
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 01:18 AM
Feb 2012

Occupy protesters in Indianapolis are gearing up to use the media spotlight on Sunday’s Super BowlXLVI to rally for union rights outside the statehouse. Earlier this week, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a so-called "right to work" measure into law that critics say will result in lower wages and diminished collective bargaining rights. Indiana workers have received the backing of the National Football League Players Association, which has called "right to work" "a political ploy designed to destroy basic workers’ rights." We’re joined from Indiana by Tithi Bhattacharya, an associate professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and a protester who is taking part in Occupy the Super Bowl. "It is absolutely shameful that the legislature passed a law that condemns unions and is now using the city to showcase Indianapolis while ordinary people in Indiana are completely opposed to this law," Bhattacharya says.

http://nationofchange.org/occupy-super-bowl-indiana-s-new-anti-union-law-sparks-protest-sport-s-biggest-event-1328374147

I'm guessing the media will black out any protests that are going on near the stadium. I hope not. But, we have a history of media ignoring important stuff.

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
4. saw something yesterday from afl-cio i think...off to see if i can find it...i thought
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 05:49 AM
Feb 2012

it said they were *not going to...

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
5. I thought they were planning a march
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 09:10 AM
Feb 2012

that would not interupt the super bowl. That was the union. I'm not sure about Occupy plans.

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