{"id":10888,"date":"2025-03-01T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=10888"},"modified":"2025-03-01T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:21:38","slug":"wyoming-workers-rally-at-capitol-to-protest-legislature-trump-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/wyoming-workers-rally-at-capitol-to-protest-legislature-trump-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Workers Rally At Capitol To Protest Legislature, Trump Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a disappointing article, but notice it’s not many (a lot of times our protesters come up from Colorado). Funny, we ate in Laramie yesterday and as we drove by the Albany County Courthouse there was a dozen or so protesters there against federal cuts, and they looked like far left liberals probably from the university. Consequently, cutting government waste is one of the most encouraging things our government has done in a long time, especially when the national debt is $323,047 per taxpayer. These people have no idea of the precipice they’re on, with a financial collapse like the Great Depression inbound along with the Tribulation period of God’s judgement which could kick off at any time. Interestingly, the No Agenda Show<\/a> had a lot of clips of how the far left megacorp media is twisting everything, so I do get how those without critical thinking skills are getting caught up in the propaganda even though it’s so foolish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2025\/02\/28\/wyoming-workers-rally-at-capitol-to-protest-legislature-trump-cuts\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Around 150 Wyoming workers gathered outside the Capitol on Friday to protest moves by the Wyoming Legislature and Trump administration cuts.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

By Leo Wolfson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Around 150 Wyoming workers gathered outside the Capitol on Friday to protest moves by the Wyoming Legislature and Trump administration cuts. (Leo Wolfson, Cowboy State Daily)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CHEYENNE \u2014 School teachers, pipefitters, miners, firefighters, nurses and federal workers all gathered at the Wyoming Capitol on Friday to show solidarity for a common cause: opposing the recent efforts made by the Wyoming Legislature and President Donald Trump\u2019s administration they believe will cut their labor protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 150 people turned out for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just showing the Legislature Wyoming workers are still here and still want to work and live in this state,\u201d said Truett Thompson, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 415 in Cheyenne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Rep. Karlee Provenza, D-Laramie, said a recent wave of retirees moving to Wyoming for the state\u2019s low taxes has created a complicated dynamic when combined with the fact Wyoming has one of the lowest rates in the country for people born in the state staying, which she believes is due to a lack of jobs and affordable housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshall Cummings is a trona miner with United Steel Workers in Green River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), I don\u2019t know what would happen to me and my fellow miners,\u201d Cummings said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration has made sweeping job cuts across the entire federal government, including within these agencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he\u2019s concerned about the direction the Legislature has been taking in recent years, his biggest concern is about cuts being made on a federal level he said ultimately have a trickle-down effect into the private sector because of uncertainty what the economic future may bring. He mentioned how 30 people were recently laid off at Genesis Alkali in Green River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to use a precision tool, like maybe a scalpel to cut out spending, that\u2019s one thing,\u201d Cummings said. \u201cIf you\u2019re making broad, sweeping chainsaw-toting cuts, that makes zero sense to me. We want the money here. We want it for the people here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Around 150 Wyoming workers gathered outside the Capitol on Friday to protest moves by the Wyoming Legislature and Trump administration cuts. (Leo Wolfson, Cowboy State Daily)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also Calls Out Freedom Caucus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Parson, a teacher in Sweetwater County School District No. 2 and the 2023 Wyoming Teacher of the Year, said he\u2019s never been more offended than by the legislation brought in this year\u2019s session. On Thursday, the Legislature sent House Bill 199 to the governor\u2019s desk, a bill that creates universal school vouchers in Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the (Wyoming) Freedom Caucus has its way, I might start looking into a new career,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe something more lucrative like professional rodeo clown. At least in that job if you\u2019re going to get knocked over by an angry bull, you\u2019ll see him coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, chairman emeritus of the Freedom Caucus, disagreed with these conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJob security is not based on much more than a great economy, which is most affected by government through spending and regulations,\u201d Bear said. \u201cThe WYFC policies, which cannot possible become law before July 1, 2025, are the most business friendly in Wyoming government, through low regulation and reduced spending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provenza believes the only two things the Legislature is interested in is reducing regulation and lowering taxes, comparing them to parrots at a pet store that can only say two words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have nothing against older people or wealthy people who are moving here, and I hope they have a great retirement in Wyoming,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the fact of the matter is that Wyoming overall is becoming a retirement community now at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She pointed out that although it feels good to chant and cheer with like-minded folks, the real difference is made through legislation and elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest thing we can do is to stand together as working people and let the folks in this building know that in order to have good lives, we need to have good paying jobs and a house that we can afford, access to health care and child care that will allow our families to thrive,\u201d Provenza said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheyenne resident Mark Adams believes the wide sweeping cuts the Trump administration has been making are illegal and contrary to the U.S. Constitution. As someone who lost his job and almost all his money in the past, Adams said he can relate to the fate that the federal workers are going through right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an employee of Union Pacific Railroad, he said the company is generally trying to fire its employees whenever it gets the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hostile work environment,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victory Earned<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After about 30 minutes, the rally goers went inside to protest Senate File 175, a bill that would reduce the unemployment coverage period from 26 weeks to 20 weeks in Wyoming. The bill was defeated on a 36-23 vote on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI 100% believe we influenced that bill,\u201d Cummings said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyoming has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country but Sen. John Kolb, R-Rock Springs, has brought the bill as a way to motivate residents to find new employment more quickly once becoming unemployed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Jayme Lien, R-Casper, spoke in favor of the bill, saying it allows the state to give out a helping hand while not making it a way of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Mike Yin, D-Jackson, and Cummings both said they found the premise that shortening the unemployment period will give them more motivation to work insulting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Lee Filer, R-Cheyenne, said he understands the roots of the bill- reacting to people who were laid off for long periods of time as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the real solution would be to lower unemployment rates on employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is how you do it, you don\u2019t beat up their workers to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a disappointing article, but notice it’s not many (a lot of times our protesters come up from Colorado). Funny, we ate in Laramie yesterday and as we drove by the Albany County Courthouse there was a dozen or so protesters there against federal cuts, and they looked like far left liberals probably from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-wyoming"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10892,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888\/revisions\/10892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}