Pro Union Rally outside the Eugene, OR, Hilton.
The Student Insurgent
Insurgent reporter a union rally in solidarity with Wisconsin at the Eugene Hilton. Following a march from the University of Oregon!
“There is major rally at the Eugene Courthouse, NOW”-Steve M.(5:39pm)
With signs saying:
- ‘Wages are too damn low’
- ‘you bet your ass we’re the working class’
- ‘Go Democracy!!!’
- ‘we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired.’
- ‘Union busting is killing our American dream’
- ‘Ducks for workers’
- ‘We are Wisconsin’
Numbering in the Dozens (plural), with these signs and speeches on a megaphone, the workers called to defend the right to collective bargaining. The crowd has swelled to hundreds! The event was organized by AFSCME and the University Graduate Student Union the GTFF
The Student Insurgent stands in solidarity with the protests around the world for self determination and efforts to make a better life.