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Katrin Dauenhauer, Inter Press Service: 'Despite heavy protests against Republican Governor Scott Walker's 'Budget Repair Bill', the Republican-controlled State Assembly in Wisconsin abruptly passed the bill - which would strip the labour force of its collective bargaining rights - early Friday morning. The vote ended three straight days of strenuous debate in the Senate, but mass protests appear far from over... Wisconsin is only one of several Republican run states that have attempted to curb union rights. The struggle over labour rights has become a hot topic in several states across the country where new Republican majorities have proposed drastic budget cuts to tackle state deficits.'

http://www.truth-out.org/workers-students-vow-fight-wisconsin-despite-threats-lay-offs68081



Wisconsin: Health Care, Democracy and the Middle Class Are At Stake

Jeff Leys, Truthout: 'Walker's - and the Republicans' - initiative will undermine worker rights and ... the health care of the 1.1 million Wisconsin residents who rely upon Medicaid. He proudly proclaims: 'Wisconsin is open for business.' Yet a healthy business climate requires a middle class that will be destroyed by his union busting. A healthy business climate requires that workers have access to decent health care, for themselves and their families... As my mom directed me from her hospital bed: Go to Madison. The heart of Wisconsin depends on you.'

http://www.truth-out.org/wisconsin-health-care-democracy-and-middle-class-are-at-stake68083

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100,000 strong in Wisconsin

Even the snow couldn't keep the people of Wisconsin from marching 100,000 strong during one of the most active days of protest in decades.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/02/100000-strong-in-wisconsin/

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Tell Scott Walker, Republican Senators and Koch brothers: Wisconsin Workers' Rights and Earth's Ecosystems Not for Sale

http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=wi_capitol_occupation



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