Wisconsin
Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville
June 7, 2011Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.
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“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin
June 6, 2011Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
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Recalls OK’d for three more Wis. GOP senators
June 2, 2011The Republicans are facing the recalls because of their support for Gov. Walker's bill killing collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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Wisconsin judge kills anti-union law
May 26, 2011The right-wing push to destroy unions in Wisconsin ran into a wall this morning.
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Three Wisconsin Republicans will face recalls, and maybe more
May 24, 2011MADISON, Wis. - After a historic signature collection drive mounted by unions and their allies, three of the GOP senators who rammed through Gov. Scott Walker's bill to kill collective bargaining rights for state workers will...
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