complicatedshoes:

themattsmith: motherjones: Yep, it’s in the fine print: Scott Walker can declare a “state of emergency” and fire teachers, firefighters, and janitors if they so much as stage a sick-out. Democracy in action! Probably an important thing for my Wisconsin teacher friends (and wife) to be aware of You know what happens if I skip work to protest the way I’m treated? Same thing. Cry me a river.

Sorry to hear that, complicatedshoes. Maybe you should seek to improve job conditions at your workplace, too. In the 1970s, 40 percent of private-sector workers had union protections. Today, only 8 percent do.

Wealth inequality and abuses by management are problems all workers face – we should stand up together to keep bosses accountable, regardless of what sector we lend our brains and elbows to.