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Scott Walker Op-Ed: Striking The Right Bargain In Wisconsin

The Washington Post | Scott Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine the outrage if government workers did not have collective bargaining for wages and benefits. Consider the massive protests that would be stage...

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Wisconsin Union Bill Set To Take Effect

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect a...

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Scott Walker Wins, But Is He Still Dead Man Walker?

TIME | Dawn Reiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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The state capitol of Wisconsin had taken on an eerie quiet on Friday. Gone were the throngs of protesters who occupied its marble floors like a campgr...

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Wisconsin Protesters Refuse To Quit

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Clogging the Wisconsin Capitol grounds and screaming angry chants, tens of thousands of undaunted pro-labor protesters descended...

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Scott Walker Proposes Union Compromise In E-Mails

AP | SCOTT BAUER and DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has offered to keep certain collective bargaining rights in place for state workers in a proposed co...

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Scott Walker and the Naughty Union Girls Hotline

Andy McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thinks Union girls are bad news... and he's looking to get into some trouble. The sexy variety. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. ...

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Wisconsin Democratic Senators Have 'Pretty Much Given Up On The Governor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's public employee unions have agreed to cuts to their health care and pension funds, and a moderate Republican state senator h...

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Wisconsin Senators: We're Staying In Illinois Until Governor Agrees To Negotiate

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It's day four of exile for Wisconsin's Democratic state senators, who crossed state lines in order to stall the expedited passage of Gov...

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Republicans Challenging Unions In State Capitols

AP | DAVID A. LIEB and SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Wisconsin Protests Surge, Pitting Labor Against Lawmakers

Posted 05.25.2011

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Protests in Wisconsin continue to surge Friday, even as reports from Thursday evening claimed as many as 25,000 demonstrators had taken to the state's...

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Labor Movements Under Attack in Madison, Wisconsin

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Governor Scott Walker is wasting time attacking working folks instead of seeking honest, sustainable solutions to his budget shortfalls. It is a con game, pure and simple.

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Police Dispatched As Democratic Lawmakers Flee Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday fled the statehouse in an effort to prevent legislators from reaching a quorum and passing a bill put forth by Gov. Sc...

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Faces Backlash For Threatening Public Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Public employees around the country have become the nation's scapegoats for the rough economy, with many Republican politicians in recen...

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Wisconsin GOP Plan To Cut Worker Rights Draws Powerful Protests

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of teachers, students and prison guards descended on the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday to fight a move to strip gover...

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Wisconsin GOP Poised To Cut Worker Rights In Budget Fix

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is poised to strip collective bargaining rights from most of the state's 175,000 public employees in the boldest step ...

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