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Wisconsin labor, student groups organize protests against Walker's public union plans
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 12, 2011 03:29pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Kristian Knutson |
| Media | Newspaper - The Isthmus |
| News Date | Saturday, February 12, 2011 01:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Wisconsin public employee unions and their supporters are currently engaged in planning their response to Governor Scott Walker's program to curtail negotiating and organizing rights via a budget bill announced Friday. Three public protests and lobbying efforts at the state Capitol in Madison are planned for next week, and at least one longer-term plan for a sustained campaign against the governor and his Republican and associated allies are in the works.
"Governor Walker is attempting to unilaterally end collective bargaining with all Wisconsin public unions," says Peter Rickman, an activist in the TAA at UW-Madison and a vice-president at large of AFT-Wisconsin. "By breaking faith with Wisconsin's public sector unions, he's attempting to signal to everyone in the state that it's open season on working folks."
The first action -- titled I ♥ UW :: Governor Walker, Don't Break My ♥ -- is set for noon on Monday, February 14 at the Capitol. UW-Madison activists are planning on delivering "at least one thousand Valentine's cards" to Walker's office, imploring his administration to not impose budget cuts on the UW System. |
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