“There is a renaissance of Labor happening right now in the South,” says Wazlavek. “The Labor movement represents all workers – regardless of being in a Union or not – we are seeing serious traction in the community with non-partisan issues like a living wage, wage theft, worksite organizing, and immigration reform. What we are seeing now is a return to normalcy in the Panhandle after the wave of Tea Party insurgency.” Wazlaveks on-the-ground observations are not unique. George Fisher, a North Carolina political media consultant said in an interview with Bold Blue Magazine that the Moral Monday movement has attracted the attention of some Republicans in the state and others who are not liberals; that it is eroding support for the types of policies Republicans in the state legislature have embraced since taking control in 2010. “Ive spoken with conservatives who tell me they support the movement,” says Fisher, a regular attendee of the Moral Monday protests. “ What were seeing is people asking themselves, Where does my political ideology end and my morality begin? These are not Democratic or Republican issues anymore.”~
Posted on: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:10:00 +0000
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