Students Are the 'Soul' of Wisconsin's Protests
February 17, 2011
Wisconsin’s Democratic Senators have skipped work today in boycott of a bill that threatens to dismantle the state’s 50-year-old collective bargaining process for public employee unions. The proposal, by new Republican Governor Scott Walker, has brought tens of thousands of students, government workers and citizens to swarm the capital building for the third consecutive day of protests.
The University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Teaching Assistants’ Association TAA called for a “teach out” today, asking for all activity to cease on campus so that the university can stand as unified front against the draconic bill.
