Is any network reporting about the protest about the governor's attempt to break the unions? nt

mfcorey1

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Wed Feb-16-11 07:11 AM
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Is any network reporting about the protest about the governor's attempt to break the unions? nt

Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 07:11 AM by mfcorey1

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PeaceNikki

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Wed Feb-16-11 07:13 AM
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1. Huge story here in WI

One of the biggest school districts in Wisconsin have closed their doors Wednesday due to the amount of teachers who have called out sick to protest today. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4734941

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Feb-16-11 07:16 AM
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2. DemocracyNow covered it:

Wisconsin Governor Launches Attack on Public Sector Employees and Unions; Threatens to Deploy National Guard to Quell Labor Protests

Recently elected Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed a bill that would eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for most public workers and slash their pay and benefits. Walker has also notified the state�s National Guard to be on alert for actions taken by unsatisfied state, county and municipal employees. On Monday, hundreds of protesters marched on the State Capitol in Madison, with more protests being planned. Joining us from Madison is John Nichols of The Nation magazine and Brad Lutes, a Wisconsin public school teacher. Nichols warns the governor�s actions could have national ramifications: �If Governor Walker pulls this off, if he succeeds in taking away collective bargaining rights from the union, AFSCME, which was founded in Wisconsin back in the 1930s, if he takes down one of the strongest and most effective teachers� unions, WEAC, in the country, then we really are going to see this sweep across the United States.�

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/15/wisconsin_governor_launches_attack_on_public

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HereSince1628

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Wed Feb-16-11 07:33 AM
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3. It is Wisconsin, err well it could be Ohio too!

Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 07:57 AM by HereSince1628

Conetessa Brewer is probably the only national newsreader who can find Wisconsin on the map...

But surely a few more people know that Ohio is the state just north of Missouri

:sarcasm: Ok, I do know where all 59 fiefdoms of Amurika are.

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