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Wisconsin protests: bigger than ever on day 6

February 21, 2011 By John Wojcik

On day six of the massive protests in Wisconsin, busloads of Chicago union and community activists arrived to show solidarity. Labor editor John Wojcik gets on the bus, too.

Video: Fighting for Chicago mass transit

February 21, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Transit workers and environmental activists rallied here in support of mass transit last Thursday, calling for increased funding, not cuts.

It’s not about money, it’s about freedom: voices from Wisconsin

February 20, 2011 By Teresa Albano

There is one thing Wisconsin union families want everyone to know: the protests are about workers' freedom to organize into a union and bargain collectively.

Workers turn Wisconsin battle into epic uprising

February 18, 2011 By Teresa Albano

"I've never been in a workers' uprising like this in my life," said a middle-aged woman as everyone around her broke into cheers, with thousands of workers packing the state Capitol on the fourth day of...

President sides with Wisconsin workers

February 18, 2011 By John Wojcik

President Obama weighed in on the side of the workers who have occupied the Wisconsin state Capitol for four straight days, blasting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights...