Republicans challenging unions in state capitols

Republicans challenging unions in state capitols

AP Photo/Andy Manis
Wisconsin Republican Assembly members leave the chambers for caucus Friday at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. State Legislators are battling over a governor’s bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. The Wisconsin State Patrol was dispatched Friday to find a Democratic state senator who fled the Capitol to delay the near-certain passage of a bill to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers, a measure that’s attracted thousands of protesters for four days.

Republicans challenging unions in state capitols

AP Photo/Andy Manis
Wisconsin Republican Assembly members leave the chambers for caucus Friday at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. State Legislators are battling over a governor’s bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. The Wisconsin State Patrol was dispatched Friday to find a Democratic state senator who fled the Capitol to delay the near-certain passage of a bill to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers, a measure that’s attracted thousands of protesters for four days.