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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Stand With Wisconsin WorkersStand With Wisconsin Workersby Paul B

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Open Class Struggle in Wisconsin | Dailycensored.comOpen Class Struggle in WisconsinWritten by John ReimannPoliticsFeb 21, 20110diggShareWhile less than 10% of the private sector work force is in u...

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necn.com - (NECN: Alison King) - Labor protests continue in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker addressed the state Monday night, saying he will not negotiate. The majority of demonstrators oppose the Governor's...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Madison Area AFL CIO Votes to Prepare For General Strike | MichaelMoore.comMadison Area AFL CIO Votes to Prepare For General StrikeBy Mike ElkThis evening in a press release from IBEW Local 2304 Pr...

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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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washingtonpost.com - You've probably heard politicians fret that state governments - or, worse, the federal government - will default on their debts. House Speaker John A. Boehner called the prospect of a federal defau...

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boston.com - INDIANAPOLIS—Union supporters shouted "lie" and "shame" at members of a Republican-led Indiana House committee who voted in favor of so-called right-to-work legislation, after impassioned arguments...

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timesunion.com - MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The high-stakes fight in Wisconsin over union rights is about more than pay and benefits in the public sector. It could have far-reaching effects on electoral politics in this ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stand with Wisconsin - California Teachers AssociationCTA stands with our colleagues and public employees in Wisconsin whose collective bargaining rights are under attack by Gov. Scott Walker. He i...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - The showdown in Wisconsin continues, and the one in Washington is just beginning. In Wisconsin, Democrats and unions have offered Gov. Scott Walker the benefit concessions he's asked for, but not t...

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theindychannel.com - Related To StoryProtesters clog the Indiana Statehouse in a protest of so-called right-to-work legislation. POSTED: 8:37 am EST February 21, 2011UPDATED: 10:11 am EST February 21, 2011INDIANAPOLIS ...

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sfgate.com - Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Unions and their allies are planning rallies, vigils and press conferences in at least 27 states this week against what they see as a national attack on government employees ...

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chicagotribune.com - Some senators left Wisconsin with little more than the clothes on their backs. Others came to Illinois equipped with an Urban Essentials pack: clothes, toiletries, cell phones, smart phones — Faceb...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - * Wisconsin poll finds strong support for public employees: With the standoff in Wisconsin intensifying, the well-respected Dem firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner has released a new polling memo -- bank...

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npr.org - Enlarge Jeffrey Phelps/AP A protester looks on near a poster of Republican Gov. Scott Walker inside the state Capitol on Monday in Madison, Wis. Opponents to Gov. Walker's bill to eliminate collect...

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twincities.com - Republican legislators flexed their new political muscle Monday by electing two of their former GOP colleagues to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. After a politically charged debate, R...

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digbysblog.blogspot.com - Monday, February 21, 2011 Please Stop Worryingby digby... and just join the GOP:Bradley Tusk, a former Illinois deputy governor and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign manager, said th...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - DemocracyNow.org -World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in ...

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allvoices.com - If Governor Walker succeeds in breaking the public unions in Wisconsin, other states may follow suit, and decades of rights for workers may be erased. Wisconsin Governor Walker has refused to negot...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - AFL-CIO Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protestors, Opposes WalkerAFL-CIO Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protestors, Opposes WalkerPosted: 02/22/11 07:27 AMImportantFunnyTypicalScaryOutrageousAmazingI...

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kmvt.com - Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. By Benito Baeza Story Published: Feb 21, 2011 at 7:09 PM MST Story Updated: Feb 21, 2011 at 9:20 PM MST Teachers, students, communit...

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magicvalley.com - If Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna had stopped by the Twin Falls City Park on Monday, he would have witnessed 125 empty chairs, each representing the potential loss of Magic Valley te...

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politicsdaily.com - Quick, which new Republican governor said earnestly in a campaign ad last year, "Real leadership means bringing people together to solve problems"? That would be Wisconsin's Scott Walker, whose pla...

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jd2718.wordpress.com - It’s time to add some songs to the mix. We have chants. We have signs (man, are there some great signs out there!) Today I got an e-mail from David Lippman, a satirical, lefty, anti-war, anti-corpo...

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959watd.com - Teachers and public employees in Massachusetts, along with members of some of the top unions in the state are planning what they call a peaceful protest this afternoon at the Statehouse in Boston a...

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miamiherald.com - RALEIGH — A coalition of labor, civil rights and religious groups rallied in front of the General Assembly offices Monday to call for an end to North Carolina's ban on public employees' collective ...

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actblue.com - Who's supporting State Senate Democratic Committee (WI) Title & Author Donors Total Raised Support the WI Senate Democrats' Figh... Kory Kozloski, SSDC Executive Director Support the WI Senate Demo...

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examiner.com - Last night Rachel Maddow revealed that Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) has a reputation for using a budget crisis to bust up unions while in power. Over the last week Walker has tried to push through...

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schooltechconnect.com - I guess some people have found Scott Walker's no-bid, straight-to-Koch power plant sell-off inside the union-busting "budget repair" bill. The man was bought into office to hand over public assets ...

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northjersey.com - PATERSON — In its most recent cost-cutting measures, the school district has dissolved city police presence in 14 of the city’s most troubled schools, raising alarms among city police, parents and ...

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act.aflcio.org - So-called “Right to Work” Legislation · Backed heavily by out-of-state corporate interests, “Right to Work” legislation is designed to wipe out unions by bankrupting them and weakening thei...

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photoblog.msnbc.msn.com - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday afternoon he won't negotiate over his plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from nearly every public employee as he works to plug a $3.6 billion ho...

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nydailynews.com - Schreiner/AP Wisconsin's public sector unions have taken to the streets in a fight that has become emblematic of nation-wide conflicts between (mostly) Republican governments and labor unions. Ever...

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dailyfinance.com - Thousands of state employees and their backers gathered at the state capitol in Madison, Wis., for the seventh straight day Monday, protesting legislation proposed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker t...

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host.madison.com - A Wisconsin State Journal editorial madison.com | | Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:00 am It's no small thing that only a handful of people have been arrested for minor offenses during the hug...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Wisconsin Democrats: ‘Gov. Scott Walker Is a Dictator’ | Politically IllustratedWisconsin Democrats: ‘Gov. Scott Walker Is a Dictator’BY: RICHARD LONGPUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 21, 2011"Wisconsin's GOP Tr...

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cbsnews.com - Jesse Eisenberg's life changing roles Since his breakthrough performance in the 2002 film "Roger Dodger," Jesse Eisenberg has achieved wide recognition. His latest starring role in "The Social Netw...

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commondreams.org - There is a kernel of truth in Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s claim of a “budget shortfall” of $137 million. But Walker, a Republican, failed to tell the state that less than two weeks into his term ...

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cnn.com - By Andrew Reschovsky, Special to CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTSAndrew Reschovsky: Bill would strip Wisconsin public unions' bargaining rightsPublic workers not overcompensated; earn less than private sector,...

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huffingtonpost.com - Little-Noticed Provision In Walker's Bill Could Reap Huge Gains For Koch Industries The Huffington Post's Amanda Terkel reports:While there has been significant attention devoted to the fact that W...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Donors to Education Seek Ways to End Teacher Tenure - Conference Notebook - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideasDonors to Education Seek Ways to ...

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blogs.ajc.com - 8:13 am February 22, 2011, by ctucker Police officers and firefighters may work for the government, but they are not “gum’mint” employees. In other words, they inhabit a separate space in the uncon...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Pittsburgh Council Members in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers | AFL-CIO NOW BLOGPittsburgh Council Members in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers by Tula Connell, Feb 21, 2011154ShareMore shows of ...

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reuters.com - By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:35pm EST NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A Tennessee teachers group is calling a Republican-backed state bill that would end collective ba...

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daytondailynews.com - Home> Blogs > Ohio politics > Archives > 2011 > February > 16 > EntryBy Laura Bischoff| Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 02:12 PM While lecturing Ohio EPA workers on how they should treat the public, ...

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reuters.com - By James Kelleher MADISON, Wisconsin | Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:16am EST MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers who left Wisconsin to stall passage of a controversial budget bill that has tr...

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dailykos.com - Those here know that Bernie Sanders would read letters like this. He personally responds to stories like these. He has been screaming for years about what is happening to ordinary Americans. He i...

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iowastatedaily.com - Posted: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:59 am | Updated: 11:53 pm, Mon Feb 21, 2011. Iowa civil service employees will be rallying Tuesday at the Iowa Capitol building in Des Moines to make Iowa lawma...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Hello, Wisconsin! « Failing SchoolsHello, Wisconsin!FEBRUARY 22, 2011by SabrinaSome people just don’t know when to quit.Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is one of those people.In the wake of the sta...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters ab...

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omaha.com - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad is defending his decision to accept a $50,000 pension from his earlier time as governor as well as the $130,000 salary the job carries.Branstad says Mond...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - AFT - A Union of Professionals - Solidarity ActionsWe Stand With WisconsinSolidarity EventsHere's a list of events coming up in your state this week. The list will continue to grow, so keep checkin...

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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - A recent conversation regarding education ended with a charter school teacher saying to me, “I will join the union, once the union uniformly protests all standardized tests.” I stood there, nodd...

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sun-sentinel.com - You've been had. In his proposed budget, Gov. Rick Scott is throwing Florida households crumbs, a pathetic, estimated $134 a year in tax savings, according to PolitiFact Florida. He gives corporati...

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