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Milwaukee : WI : USA | Feb 18, 2011 at 7:11 AM PST
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was not happy on Thursday when all fourteen democratic State Senators left the state in protest against a bill that would have taken away the collective bargaining rights of union workers, and rolled back benefits and pay.

Walker said, "Their actions by leaving the state and hiding from voting are disrespectful to the hundreds of thousands of public employees who showed up to work today and the millions of taxpayers they represent," according to the Milwaukee News.

This is not about not going to work, according to democrats. It is about Governor Walker trying to strip away the rights of union workers who have had collective bargaining rights for the past 50 years.

More than 25,000 protesters have been picketing the capitol since Walker launched his anti-union legislation last week.

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Posted By ethelsmith ethelsmith | over 2 years ago
They should have the courage if their conviction to cast the right vote
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Posted By rmang rmang | over 2 years ago
Where is man's bravery and courageousness? The leadership in times of need? He then should be stripped off from power. 'The winner takes it all and the loser has to fall'.
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Posted By RobertWeller991 RobertWeller991 | over 2 years ago
Walker thinks he can use the national guard to replace strikers, including teachers. That wouldn't be legal. And the guards employers would revolt. It is time to stop thinking the answer to our problems is to just cut pay and lay off people. End the war, bring the soldiers home. Then re-examine the budget and if necessary raise taxes and cut spending. Clinton was forced by the GOP to balance the budget. He did and the country boomed. Now the Republicans have dumped two wars on us and don't want to pay for them.
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Posted By ahol888 Adrian Holman | over 2 years ago
Wisconsin politics are so bad that the Democrats went to Illinois. You can thank Gov. Walker for that. You can also thank him for Pres. Obama being reelected in 2012 because this event will galvanize protests by the unions all over the USA for the entire year.
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