Wisconsin’s workers fight back! Edition
Union Bill Clears Committee, State Senate To Consider Thursday MADISON, Wis. -- A bill eliminating most collective bargaining rights from nearly all Wisconsin public employees passed the Legislature's budget-writing committee just before midnight Wednesday.
Angry Demonstrations in Wisconsin as Cuts Loom MADISON, Wis. — As four game wardens awkwardly stood guard, protesters, scores deep, crushed into a corridor leading to the governor’s office here on Wednesday, their screams echoing through the Capitol: “Come out, come out, wherever you are!”
Wisconsin schools call off classes as budget protests continue At least 15 school systems in Wisconsin canceled Thursday's classes because teachers and other public employees will continue protests at the state Capitol over a bill that would strip them of most of their collective bargaining rights and increase their contributions for benefits.
Showdown in Wisconsin
Politico (blog)
As well as turning Wisconsin into Mississippi when it comes to so-called "right to work" laws. Jarulzelski, Pinochet, Walker. A grand tradition of anti-union tyrants. FIRE the teachers for their illegal activity. Today. Whiners! ...
Wisconsin: Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill Slate Magazine (blog)
Republican Governor Scott Walker proposed the bill last week to chip away at the state's ... Scott Fitzgerald has assured the public that it will—Walker has
Wisconsin budget protests draw thousands
More than 10,000 union supporters flooded the State Capitol on Tuesday to voice their opposition of a bill that seeks to save money by stripping nearly all collective bargaining rights from the majority of public workers.
Democrats continue hearing on union bill after GOP halt testimony
The Legislature's budget committee will vote on a bill to strip public workers of most of their union rights Wednesday afternoon, after halting a public hearing at 3 a.m.
Two Republicans propose big changes to budget repair bill!
Isthmus Daily Page
Essentially, the Wisconsin public sector would not become "right-to-work." Nevertheless, in the short-term, the legislation is much even more severe than what Walker proposed. It eliminates bargaining rights on wages, as well as benefits. ...
Wis. labor fight closes schools a second day >> Video Chicago Tribune
Scott Walker introduced it a week ago. After clearing a major legislative hurdle Wednesday night, it was headed to votes in the Senate and Assembly
The Storming of the Wisconsin Statehouse National Journal
Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective-bargaining rights and other benefits. ... Scott Walker (R) plans to weaken unions by curtailing their
Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill in Wisconsin 
MADISON, WI – Thousands of teachers, union members and students packed the Wisconsin state house on Wednesday, vowing to remain for the rest of the week, in a heightening face-off with the new Republican governor over collective bargaining rights and pensions.
Crowds decry budget bill's handling of workers
Thousands of state union workers and their supporters blanketed the Capitol on Tuesday for a daylong demonstration to protest Gov. Scott Walker's plans to wipe away most of their bargaining rights and reduce fringe benefits.
14 hours later, hundreds still wanting to testify on union bill
Opponents of a bill to strip public workers of their union rights have rolled out sleeping bags in the Capitol as a public hearing reaches into its 14th hour.
Thousands gather at Capitol to protest Walker budget bill
In one of the largest protests in recent memory, thousands of angry union supporters gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday to oppose a bill by Gov. Scott Walker that would greatly weaken organized labor in Wisconsin.
Madison schools to close Wednesday due to district-wide teacher sickout
Madison schools will be closed Wednesday as teachers planned a district-wide absence to attend protests against Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit union bargaining.
Grass Roots -- Labor activists strategize for 'class war' ignited by Walker budget bill
What's happening now in Wisconsin, with thousands of workers flooding the Capitol to protest Gov. Scott Walker's move to snuff the collective bargaining power of public employees, is much more than backlash against a union-busting maneuver, labor activists and their supporters said Tuesday evening at a forum at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Madison.
