A Senate Labor Committee hearing on proposed right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin Tuesday was scheduled to last as long as nine hours to collect testimony before tomorrow’s senate debate.
Testifiers on #righttowork now being limited to 3 minutes as about 150 remain to speak before Wisconsin Senate Labor Committee
— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) February 24, 2015
If 150 people who are registered to speak each get 3 minutes, #righttowork hearing would last another 7 hours. It's set to end at 7 p.m.
— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) February 24, 2015
Wisconsin State Capitol Police estimate crowd both inside and outside the Capitol for #RightToWork is between 1,800 and 2,000
— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) February 24, 2015
Some estimates place attendance at the state capitol around 2,ooo, as right to work advocates filled the capitol rotunda.
Capitol rotunda filling with construction workers, other laborers leading up to #RighttoWork hearing at 10 a.m. pic.twitter.com/iIyFkF4uKe
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
Laborers fill out written testimony forms in Capitol rotunda for #RightToWork hearing @AP pic.twitter.com/avpvjC9BNm
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
Signs at Capitol entrances indicate what may/may not be brought into building today. Snakes can't come #RighttoWork pic.twitter.com/dEKR7zzAQN
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
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No alcohol, illegal firearms or snakes? And the late-term abortion enthusiasts in Texas thought they had it bad when their boxes of tampons were confiscated at the door.
Crowd is growing in the rotunda. Wisconsin #RightToWork hearing begins in 15 minutes @AP pic.twitter.com/ubOZqvmjkA
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
.@SenFitzgerald, sponsor of #righttowork bill, is first to testify on measure, says it's about worker freedom. He is booed when introduced
— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) February 24, 2015
Meanwhile, a noon rally on the front steps of the capitol went on as planned.
The crowd grows outside the Capitol for noon rally #RightToWork pic.twitter.com/3BEKP75ILq
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
Protesters on State Street #RightTo Work pic.twitter.com/7GVO6jlc6s
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
Signs outside the Capitol that we're not allowed in because of sticks #RightToWork pic.twitter.com/mPeoehJ5X9
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
“Gore Scott Walker”?
Man rides double bike outside Capitol wearing Viking hat that says "gore Scott Walker" #RoghtToWork pic.twitter.com/RgOMZ9mVth
— Dana Ferguson (@bydanaferguson) February 24, 2015
The Democrats are playing hardball, claiming that right to work legislation would be wrong for Walker’s beloved Packers.
Scott Walker's Right to Work legislation is wrong for the @packers and #WrongForWI pic.twitter.com/1I57wzhKzA
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 24, 2015
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At last, the #BlackLivesMatter crowd arrived with their banner.
https://twitter.com/VickiMcKenna/status/570335873146834944
@VickiMcKenna What you're seeing there is a group of Professional Activists. The exact causes don't matter, as long as they're Leftist.
— Skin that smokewagon! (@heatpacker) February 24, 2015