Published by Anomaly100 under Solidarity
March 5, 2011
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Thousands of farmers from across the dairyland are about to descend on Wisconsin’s capitol to show their solidarity with unions fighting to keep collective bargaining rights.
In fact, they’re not coming alone — they’re bring their tractors. This is in response to the new radical bill that Governor Walker is trying to enact on the unions, clearly attempting to neuter them altogether.
On Saturday, March 12 ยท 12:00pm – 2:00pm, over 1100 1300 2020 (and climbing each time I refresh the page) farmers will be attending the protests at the Capitol. One comment by Cml Home stated,
“Michael Moore lent us his voice today. I just asked Neil Young and Willie Nelson via their FB pages to consider coming next week-end for the Farmer Labor Tractorcade and I encourage you all to the same. They have both been involved with Farm-Aid since 1985 and might consider this if enough people asked. We could use their voices!”
If you have a tractor and would like to join in the tractorcade please contact John Peck at Family Farm Defenders – (608) 260-0900; familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com
Show some support for the farmers on their Facebook page, “Join The Farmer Labor Tractorcade.“