They separated collective bargaining from the budget and passed it

[HereSince1628]

without the need for the 20 member quorum.

Collective bargaining is CRUSHED for state employees

[malaise]

1. Temporary setback

Make them pay

[midnight]

2. So Scott Walker was right.... He can destroy the unions and get away with it....

[SpiralHawk]

3. American democracy is crushed by Republicon Corporatists

and their ugly totalitarian vision of rendering working Americans into poorly paid proles...

[Blue Owl]

4. How easy can collective bargaining rights be restored once these thugs have been recalled?

This cannot and will not stand.

[yourout]

5. They just guaranteed Obama will carry Wisconsin in 2012.

[XanaDUer]

7. +1

Yes.

[Chris_Texas]

15. You think Obama is on our team haha!

[yourout]

20. I did not say that......I simply said they just gave it to him. Personally I wish he was primaried.

[Chris_Texas]

22. Fair enough. We might as well nominate this Walker douchebag and be done with the charade.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. They have violated the open meeting law

among other things

General Strike needs to happen... recalls need to happen... and yes this is JUST the beginning... 1920 all over again.

[mike_c]

9. I agree--- this isn't the end, it's the beginning....

Solidarity!

[HereSince1628]

10. General Strike, well that too.

Frankly, this is too unfair to be accepted regardless of the law.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. The contracts forbidding them are null and void

so game on

[HereSince1628]

23. Yes, that's exactly true.

And the r's have revealled that their intent has been to defy the will of the people of Wisconsin.

This isn't going to be tolerated.

[myrna minx]

8. Unbelievable.

:puke:

[Hannah Bell]

11. it won't stand. no way.

[Viking12]

12. Lying, Scheming, Dirty MOTHER FUCKERS!

[Raksha]

14. They already voted? It's a fait accompli?

[HereSince1628]

16. It's done!

Yesterday some of the Dem senators were suggesting this could be done in an orderly way, the R's apparently found out that they no longer needed a fair and open process.

[Viking12]

19. Moved through both comittee and Senate in less than 30 minutes

7 minutes, yes 7 minutes in conference committee

GOP says, "FUCK YOU Democracy!"

[OHdem10]

17. Wait a minute. If they separated out the Union Bargaining part?

How could it pass???

They can only passed fiscal measures without the Democrats.

[HereSince1628]

21. The claim is the 20 person quorum isn't needed for non budget issues

I'm not an expert on procedures of the WI senate.

[socialist_n_TN]

18. STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!..........

Make it HURT economically. Prepare to get arrested and bring commerce to a screeching halt!