Labor & Employment Law

Tractorcade Rolls Into Madison

By James Parks

Thousands of Wisconsin farmers are driving their tractors in a mass tractorcade this morning to kick off a day of rallies and protests in support of public employees at the state Capital in Madison. Three statewide farm organizations are organizing the tractorcade also to protest Gov. Scott Walker?s state budget which will disproportionately hurt rural communities. This is Day 27 of rallies and protests against Walker’s assault on the middle class.

Check out some of the Tweets from the rally:

millbot 11:53am via txt

Those who thought passage of bill would put end to protests should never play odds in Vegas. Huge, festive crowd here already. #wiunion

AFSCME 11:49am via TweetDeck

It’s daylight saving time, but we won’t let @GovWalker set our clocks back 50 years. http://afsc.me/eQGScJ #WIunion #springforward

happyashtray 10:57am via Twitter for iPhone

RT @vsselkowe: In the Capitol. Reports that 270 tractors are on their way & expectations of more than 100k protesting. Just another Sat at work! #wiunion

therealmofnay 11:56am via TweetDeck

LOVE the giant baseball bat on the lead tractor! That is SO FABULOUS! #tractorcade #wearewi #wiunion

 johnstocks 11:27am via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Lots of families and young people. Chanting ‘hey hey ho ho..Scott Walker has got to go’

WrongForWI 11:20am via Twitter for iPad

Let the tractors roar. Wisconsin workers will not be divided, blue collar white collar ag office classroom. #solidarityWI

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 12, 2011 (boomark / email).