10 Latest Developments In The Huge Story Of Wisconsin's Uprising

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Alternet | By Joshua Holland

10 Developments in the Huge Story of Wisconsin's Uprising

The fight over Republican Governor Scott Walker's Union-busting bill may have just begun. Here's a run-down on the unfolding events.

February 21, 2011 |

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3. Wisconsin Uprising Part of a Larger Awakening

On Sunday, economist Robert Kuttner wrote that "something important that was largely missing has been kindled. Popular protest against financial abuses, top-down class warfare, clueless Republicans, and misplaced austerity is finally in the air. The labor movement is leading, and even non-union Americans are realizing why organized labor is all about protecting the middle class generally."

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5. More Evidence that Walker's Bill Has Nothing to do With Wages, Benefits and the State's Budget Gap

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But, as we reported on Sunday, a close reading of the governor's own press release announcing the measure shows just how misleading that claim really is.

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3. The collective bargaining provision wouldn't kick in until after the current contracts expire, meaning that the measure would yield exactly zero savings in the current budget.

Random Lengths News' Paul Rosenberg caught this, and adds that Walker is also sitting on an "unused cache of $73 million" in the state's economic development fund - "more than twice what’s being sought from public sector workers.”

AlterNet also reported over the weekend that while far too many pundits continue to buy Scott Walker's spin that the Wisconsin uprising is a response to the state's public employees being asked to shoulder more of the burden for their health-care and pension costs, the reality is that it's really all about the union-busting.

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1. K & R for kindled hope.

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2. 6. Bubba Arriving on the Scene?

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6. Bubba Arriving on the Scene?

Mike Elk reports that rumors are swirling around the capitol that Bill Clinton may be headed to Wisconsin as an act of solidarity with the unions that helped Hillary's presidential campaign.

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3. k and r