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DEL.ICIO.USBlogwatch: Republicans say Saturday isn’t a day for labor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A posting on the web site maintained by the DeKalb County Young Democrats tells us that Republicans have moved to keep labor activists from crashing their Family Day party at the state Capitol on Feb. 10.
This is the note from Tasso Knight, the labor lobbyist and leader:
“Arriving at the Capitol today, I was very disappointed to learn that the Speaker of the Georgia House had taken away our reserved time for our Working Family Day gathering and press conference. The state representative that had secured the steps for us was contacted through his office by the Georgia Building Authority and told they were revoking the reserved time at the request of the Speakers office.
“I then went to a state senator and asked if they would request the same time reserved for the Capitol steps and they were told by the building authority that no request would be taken by anyone to reserve the steps on Family Day.”
We called the people at the office of House Speaker Glenn Richardson. They denied all culpability. “It’s not us,” said Richardson spokeswoman Clelia Davis.
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has offered Atlanta City Hall as a substitute rallying point.
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By TK
February 1, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this
This is not a Labor Day event. It is a Family Day event and Working Families from around this state should not be excluded from the Family Day session. It may well be the only time they can see their Representative or Senator in session since it is not on a normal Monday thru Friday work day.
By Sarah
February 1, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
What do those Republicans have against families from labor unions? I guess it only counts as “family” as long as you look just like those wealthy, white Republicans. I got news for those supposedly “representing” the people of this state - not every family looks like your!
By Jim J
February 1, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
It sure looks like Sonny & Eric & Co. are making the same mistakes Bush & Co. made. You can take the neocon out of the lily-white suburb but not the lily-white suburb out of the neocon, apparently.