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Public Worker Protests Spread From Wisconsin to Ohio - Bloomberg

Public Worker Protests Spread From Wisconsin to Ohio

Public Employee Union Protests Spread From Wisconsin to Ohio

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 Images

In what union leaders say is becoming a national fight, protests against legislation to restrict public employees’ collective-bargaining rights spread from Wisconsin to Ohio.

In Madison, Wisconsin, crowds that police estimated at 25,000 engulfed the Capitol and its lawns yesterday during a third-straight day of protests as Democratic senators fled the legislative session. In Columbus, Ohio, about 3,800 state workers, teachers and other public employees came to the statehouse for a committee hearing. President Barack Obamaand House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohioan, argued over