Thousands gather to protest Wisconsin union law

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Source: Reuters

MADISON, Wis (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people had already gathered at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Saturday morning to protest on the first weekend since Governor Scott Walker signed into law a proposal that has sparked a major national confrontation with organized labor.

Madison Police predicted the 27th consecutive day of demonstrations against the law to severely restrict the power of public sector unions in the state would approach the 70,000 to 100,000 a week ago, the largest demonstration at the state Capitol since the Vietnam War.

Several of the Democratic state Senators who left Wisconsin for three weeks to block the measure's path to approval, are expected to attend the afternoon rally. While they ultimately failed to stop Republicans from passing the law, they are viewed as heroes by union members and their supporters fighting the plan.

"Saturday's going to be huge," said Terese Berceau, a Democratic member of the state Assembly who represents Madison, a university town that has seen its share of protests over the years. "Absolutely huge."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110312/pl_nm/us_wisconsin_protests

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1. "Tens of thousands"...sure like 15 of those "ten thousands"

There were easily 150,000 people there today. It was larger than it was a few weeks ago when it hit 100,000.

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2. K and R all Pro Union threads