Wisconsin Is a Battleground Against the Billionaire Kochs' Plan to Break Labor's Back

AlterNet | Feb. 18, 2011 (News Analysis)
The war on Wisconsin employees isn't just about the budget or Wisconsin: Koch toady Gov. Walker is just one soldier in the billionaire's offensive to kill labor.

As some 30,000 protesters overwhelmed the state capitol building in Wisconsin today, Democratic state senators hit the road, reportedly with State Police officers in pursuit. The Dems left the state in order to deprive Republicans the necessary quorum for taking a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip benefits and collective bargaining rights from state workers. Full Story »

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 by Julia Willebrand - Feb. 19, 2011

It's a polemic not a news story. And a poorly written one at that. While I completely agree with the thrust of the article, it contained too few supporting facts or sources to be considered a news report. For example he says, a Gov. Walker bill is a "business coddling initiative" but fails to include any info on how business is coddled.

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