Sentences with phrase «strip most public workers»

The groups are filing a federal lawsuit against the governor's plan to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- A Wisconsin judge on Thursday did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn't, forcing Republican Gov. Scott Walker to halt plans to implement a law that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights and cut their pay.

The groups are filing a federal lawsuit against the governor's plan to strip most public workers of...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin Democrats are still angry with Republicans for abruptly passing a bill that would strip most public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep - deprived Democrats realized what was happening.