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money.cnn.com - Public employees protest Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit collective bargaining and require higher benefit contributions. By Tami Luhby, senior writerFebruary 18, 2011: 12:59 PM ETNE...
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buzzfeed.com - 45 awesome protest signs against Governor Scott Walker's budget bill. I'm very impressed with your signs, Wisconsin. Very clever.
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wuwm.com - WUWM News Senate Democrats Remain on the MoveBy Ann-Elise HenzlFebruary 18, 2011 | WUWM | Milwaukee, WI Protests continue at the Capitol in Madison, over a bill critics call a “union-busting” measu...
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huffingtonpost.com - The Wisconsin State Capitol bulged with thousands of union members, including teachers, Thursday protesting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill that would limit union bargaining rights.Walker says i...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - bigeducationape.blogspot.com - From Brian LeCloux, who posted this at ARN:I was at the rally today for 11 hours. Awesome!There were 5,000 inside the State Capitol from the early morning on, chantin...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Assembly intends to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all state employees.Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald s...
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - February 18, 2011, 9:38 amBy MICHAEL D. SHEARThe Republican Party of Wisconsin has produced a striking web video highlighting the angry rhetoric coming from the pro-union protesters in Madison. Amo...
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blogs.wsj.com - By Patrick O'ConnorThe budget battle in Wisconsin is becoming a proxy fight for party leaders in Washington.In an interview Wednesday, President Barack Obama said Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s pro...
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latimes.com - Wisconsin was in political limbo, if not chaos, on Thursday as more than 20,000 protesters swarmed the state Capitol to denounce the new Republican governor's plan to strip collective bargaining ri...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - From Brian LeCloux, who posted this at ARN:I was at the rally today for 11 hours. Awesome!There were 5,000 inside the State Capitol from the early morning on, chanting "this is what democracy looks...
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pbs.org - JIM LEHRER: Now, two takes on the fallout from budget pressures on state governments. First, a huge battle in Wisconsin between the governor and public sector workers. Ray Suarez has that story. RA...
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biztimes.com - Published February 17, 2011 - BizTimes DailyPrevious | 2 of 9 | NextWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker issued an order this morning for the State Patrol to round up any Democratic State Senators they can ...
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msnbc.msn.com - MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Assembly intends to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all state employees. Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Gregory Shaver, APPeople march around Monument Square in Racine, Wis., on Thursday during a union-organized rally to protest Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill.
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 | thesabloggers.org - Public employees in Wisconsin have been on edge ever since Governor Scott Walker presented his budget repair bill on Thursday, February 10. The bill eliminates almost all collective bargaining righ... coopmike48 |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MADISON, WIS. - President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin's broiling budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb pub...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - PostPartisan - Gov. Walker's OverreachGov. Walker's OverreachBy E.J. DionneI have been following with great interest the spiritedexchange between my colleagues Harold Meyerson andChuck Lane over Wi...
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swampland.blogs.time.com - Posted by Joe Klein Friday, February 18, 2011 at 12:51 pm Revolutions everywhere--in the middle east, in the middle west. But there is a difference: in the middle east, the protesters are marching ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, confronted with thousands of protesters outside of the state capitol in Madison, says “it would be wise for the president” to stay out of his state’s busi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Fraud of Wisconsin’s Political System, Youth Political Activism, and a Possible Future for the State’s Concept of the "Public"The furor over Wisconsin’s budgetary “crisis” continues to escalate...
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robertreich.org - The Republican strategy is to split the vast middle and working class – pitting unionized workers against non-unionized, public-sector workers against non-public, older workers within sight of Medi...
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economist.com - Feb 18th 2011, 16:00 by W.W. | IOWA CITY THE Republican-sponsored Wisconsin bill that would reduce the legal powers of the state's government-employee unions has aroused mass demonstrations in Madi...
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huffingtonpost.com - Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0.It was chilly and wet outside. Not as cold as it might have been here in the Upper Midwest, but cold enough to make you uncomfortable standing outdoors in a drizzle f...
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csmonitor.com - Union protests in Wisconsin have intensified pressure on Governor Scott Walker's bold plan to curtail public-sector union power. For the sake of fiscal health, Wisconsin should go even further by p...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have b...
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voices.washingtonpost.com - As hundreds flocked to the Wisconsin Capitol for the fifth day in a row, a few people were noticeably absent: the state's Democratic senators. For the second day in a row, Democrats did not show up...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - As we prepare for another day at the Capitol, we thank all of our brothers and sisters - union and non - for their incredible support. Here's a short video of local firefighters, met with cheers fo...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Wisconsin's new Republican governor has framed his assault on public worker's collective bargaining rights as a needed measure of fiscal austerity during tough times.The reality is radically differ...
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cleveland.com - Published: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 12:25 PM Updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 12:58 PMCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Hundreds of public workers jammed the Statehouse Thursday as the Ohio Senate cont...
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madrantz.net - The recent events unfolding across Northern Africa and spreading to the Mideast have caught the world off guard and affected us all in many ways. Tunisia has discarded a terrible regime. As did Egy...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In Madison, Wisconsin, crowds police estimated at 25,000 engulfed the Capitol and its lawns during a third day of protests. Photographer: Mark Hirsch/Getty ImagesIn what union leaders say is becomi...
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boston.com - Republicans who swept into power in state capitols this year with promises to cut spending and bolster the business climate now are beginning to usher in a new era of labor relations that could res...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Fred GlassCalifornia Federation of TeachersThe images are eerily familiar. On Wednesday more than 30,000 workers, students, and supporters sought to defend their democratic rights in the streets...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Opponents of Senate Bill 5 react for their cause in the atrium at the Statehouse on Thursday, February 17, 2011Former Gov. Ted Strickland, not even two months out of office, appeared at the stateho...
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huffingtonpost.com - I loved how close ally of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Rep. Paul Ryan, blurted out that Madison in recent days looked like Egypt. Realizing that made the protesters sound like the good guys, he tri...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Wisconsin needs to be fiscally responsible.There is no question that these are tough times, and they may require tough choices.But Gov. Scott Walker is not making tough choices. He is making politi...
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host.madison.com - KRISTIN CZUBKOWSKI | The Capital Times | kristinc@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:34 pm Highlighting it as proof that management and labor can work together, the M...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Feb. 17, 2011 9:07 p.m. |Madison -- Supporters of Gov. Scott Walker's plans to take union rights away from public workers are planning a Saturday rally at the Capitol, following days of protests by...
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insidehighered.com - Proposals in Wisconsin and Ohio that would bar public colleges and university faculty members (and many other states employees) from engaging in collective bargaining are drawing numerous angry res...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - California Teachers Association stands in support of educators and public workers in Wisconsin battling to retain their collective bargaining rights.
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necn.com - (NECN/CNN) - Schools are shut down in Madison, Wisconsin for a third straight day. It's all part of a tense budget battle that's triggering teacher walkouts and massive protests.It's already gettin...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Wisconsin Labor Fight: An Attack on Women, Too - Dana GoldsteinThe Wisconsin Labor Fight: An Attack on Women, Tooby Dana Goldsteinphoto courtesy of the AFSCME women's history projectThe Wiscons...
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foxnews.com - Democrats and Unions Badger GOP in Wisconsin “I've said all along the thousands of people who are storming the capitol have every right to be heard, but I'm not going to let them overshadow the voi...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Jsonline: Is the state of Wisconsin really in a financial crisis? The short answer is yes.Opponents are pointing to a Jan. 31 memo by the Legislature’s non-partisan budget shop that says that the s...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - The California Teachers Association issued this silly 30 sec video in which they tell Wisconsin teachers and public sector workers they support them, and then chant Si Se Puede and clap for fifteen...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We are rolling out actions today for people to show support for embattled state and local workers. We’ll have more in coming days. Please join in and pass these along.Add a “We Are One” Facebook an...
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boston.com - MADISON, Wis.—Protesters who have descended on Wisconsin's Capitol in hopes of halting a Republican effort to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers steeled themselve...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NEA president demands that educator voices be heardNEA president demands that educator voices be heardVan Roekel travels to Wisconsin to demonstrate support of 3.2 million NEA membersMADISON — NEA ...
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mercurynews.com - MADISON, Wis.—Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate have asked the governor to send state troopers after Democratic leader Mark Miller. Senate Democrats are boycotting a Senate vote on a bill t...
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motherjones.com - Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose bill to kill collective bargaining rights for public-sector unions has caused an uproar among state employees, might not be where he is today witho...
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