Pittsford teachers Karen Grace* of Webster, left, and Tammy Cole* of Geneseo show their support for union workers in Wisconsin at rally at Rochester City Hall on Wednesday. / ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

If you rally with the *socialists, you must agree with their platform… Really, Rochester parents? You WANT your children being taught by radilcal socialists?

Nearly 500 people* withstood one-degree wind chills on Church Street in the nearly hourlong rally…
“All right, brothers and sisters, are we one with Wisconsin? Are we one?” said James Bertolone*, president of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation…
Among the numerous union members gathered in Rochester were Teamsters Local 118*, New York State United Teachers*, Communication Workers of America*, United Auto Workers*, United Steelworkers*, Service Employees International Union* and unions representing Rochester’s firefighters and police*…
Shelly Clements*, a labor relations specialist for NYSUT…
On Wednesday, the Ohio Senate narrowly passed a GOP-backed measure that would restrict the collective bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 public employees. The bill now goes to the state House; if passed there, it would go to Republican Gov. John Kasich, who has said he supports the effort.