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BREAKING: Wis. Assembly Passes Walker?s Assault on Collective Bargaining, Good Jobs

By Donna Jablonski

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Democratic Assembly members in Wisconsin chant ?Shame? after Republicans pushed through a vote taking away the right of public employees to bargain for good jobs.

Early Friday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) bill taking from most public employees the right to bargain collectively for good jobs, according to numerous news sources.

The vote followed three days of debate and sends the bill to the state Senate. Fourteen Senate Democrats remain out of state, denying Republicans a quorum and blocking action in that chamber.

Tens of thousands of Wisconsin workers have packed the state capitol in Madison for days protesting Walker’s proposal, and have inspired solidarity rallies across Wisconsin and throughout the country.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 25, 2011 (boomark / email).

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