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Major U.S. news stories, from Occupy Wall Street to Penn State Protestor in Cairo shows unity with Wisconsin protesetors Photo Credit: Derek BlackadderRelated Links 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the WorldScience News of 2011 2011 Month-By-Month 2011 People in the News 2011 People in the News Quiz 2011 Places in the News Quiz The U.S. Avoids Default in 11th Hour | Occupy Wall Street | Campaign 2012 | Election 2011 | Penn State Child Molestation Scandal | The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 | Tornadoes Ravaged Parts of the Southeast U.S. in April and May 2011 | New evaluations raise the stakes for teachers | Trials that Captured the Nation | Gabrielle Giffords States Attempt to Weaken Unions For several weeks in February and March, tens of thousands of state employees and teachers staged protests in Madison, Wisconsin, camping out near the Capitol’s rotunda. They were protesting Governor Scott Walker’s plan to cut collective bargaining rights and workers’ benefits in an effort to solve the state’s budget problems. A similar battle was waged in Ohio as newly elected Republicans there championed a similar plan as a way to cut costs. In March, the Republican-controlled legislature approved Walker’s plan. Ohio passed its bill in the same month. On May 26, Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court granted a permanent injunction that voided Wisconsin’s new law. Judge Sumi said Republicans in the state senate violated the state’s open meetings law during their vote on March 9, when they failed to give at least two hours’ notice to the public. In a November referendum, voters in Ohio repealed the law passed in March that restricted public workers’ rights to bargain collectively. The bill was rejected in a landslide, 62% to 38%. Meanwhile, on Nov. 15 in Wisconsin a recall election movement began against Walker. If organizers gather 540,000 signatures in 60 days, Walker will have to run again for office. Even though Ohio and Wisconsin legislators pushed hard to weaken unions in 2011, voters and protesters pushed back even harder. It will be interesting to see if this battle has an impact on the 2012 general elections. For more information on states: State ProfilesProfiles of the 50 Largest Cities of the United StatesPer Capita Personal Income by StateMost Livable States More from 2011 News of the Nation

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States Attempt to Weaken Unions

For several weeks in February and March, tens of thousands of state employees and teachers staged protests in Madison, Wisconsin, camping out near the Capitol’s rotunda. They were protesting Governor Scott Walker’s plan to cut collective bargaining rights and workers’ benefits in an effort to solve the state’s budget problems. A similar battle was waged in Ohio as newly elected Republicans there championed a similar plan as a way to cut costs. In March, the Republican-controlled legislature approved Walker’s plan. Ohio passed its bill in the same month.

Protestor in Cairo shows unity with Wisconsin protesetors Photo Credit: Derek Blackadder

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On May 26, Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court granted a permanent injunction that voided Wisconsin’s new law. Judge Sumi said Republicans in the state senate violated the state’s open meetings law during their vote on March 9, when they failed to give at least two hours’ notice to the public. In a November referendum, voters in Ohio repealed the law passed in March that restricted public workers’ rights to bargain collectively. The bill was rejected in a landslide, 62% to 38%. Meanwhile, on Nov. 15 in Wisconsin a recall election movement began against Walker. If organizers gather 540,000 signatures in 60 days, Walker will have to run again for office. Even though Ohio and Wisconsin legislators pushed hard to weaken unions in 2011, voters and protesters pushed back even harder. It will be interesting to see if this battle has an impact on the 2012 general elections.

For more information on states:

  • State ProfilesProfiles of the 50 Largest Cities of the United StatesPer Capita Personal Income by StateMost Livable States

.com/news/year-in-review/2011/union-protests.html

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