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February 16, 2011

Thousands Protest Anti-Public Worker Bill in Wisconsin 
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And protests are continuing in Wisconsin over a bill that would
eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for public workers and
slash their pay and benefits. On Tuesday, an estimated 10,000 people
gathered at the Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin. Protests were
also held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and high schools around
the state. In a statement, Wisconsin's professional football team, the
community-owned Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, backed the
workers' right to collective bargaining, saying, "Wisconsin's long
standing tradition of allowing public sector workers to have a voice on
the job has worked for the state since the 1930s… These public workers
are Wisconsin's champions every single day and we urge the Governor and
the State Legislature to not take away their rights."



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