NY Rescuers To Minnesota Strikers:

[Stephen E Philion]

After Governor Jesse Ventura made a publicity trip to NYC delivering
cards to rescuers in NYC from Minnesotans, the rescuers, members of
AFSCME, sent a statement to striking workers supporting their strike that
Ventura has  called "ill timed" in light of the recent "war"...

"Although negotiations are imminent and an end could be near, AFSCME and
MAPE workers scheduled a rally at 9 a.m. Wednesday on the Capitol steps,
in which emergency medical technicians from New York’s ground zero are
expected to attend. The New York workers are also AFSCME members.

Annette Wilkinson, a MAPE employee and information technology specialist,
said the union received a letter from firemen and EMTs in New York after
the governor's visit last week: At the end, the punch line was: We're
here mourning our dead, you guys fight like hell for the living."
http://www.mndaily.com/story.php?date=20011010&storyID=4200

On a call in  radio-show with the  Governor on MPR yesterday, I informed
the governor that I express my 'unity' in these times by buying cups of
coffee for the  strikers and going to their pickets and showing support
for their democratic right to strike..."

Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822