Wis. GOP Bypasses Democrats, Votes to Strip Bargaining Rights
State Rep. Jon Richards, center, and other Assembly Democrats, thank protesters after failing to preserve bargaining rights for most public workers.
—Michael P. King/Wisconsin State Journal/AP
Teachers, most public workers in state will be affected
Thousands of angry protesters flooded the Wisconsin Capitol after Senate Republicans found a way to bypass their absent Democratic colleagues and push through Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to strip most public workers of...
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