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March 27, 2011 at 12:31 PM Leave a comment

Hey, did you hear about the big pro-union demonstration in Los Angeles yesterday?  Me neither.

Christina House / L.A. Times / March 26, 2011

Alarmed by recent union losses in a Wisconsin labor battle, thousands of organized workers marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, vowing to fight a similar fate here in cash-strapped California.

Police estimated between 5,000 and 8,000 people attended the protest, which ended in a packed rally at Pershing Square. The event comes in response to the Wisconsin Legislature’s approval of a bill this month that curtails the collective bargaining rights of many unions and follows a weeks-long battle.

Marchers cheered speakers such as Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa; Maria Elena Durazo, secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor; and Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin.

Now, we all know if 5,000 to 8,000 Tea Partiers rallied, that story would be told and retold all weekend long by the ah, liberal media.

(H/t Cathy.)

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