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Topic: The Labor Movement (page 8)

Both supporters and opponents of Senate Bill 5 demonstrate outside the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The vote for Senate Bill 5 is scheduled for later today and, if passed, would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) (AP)

Charles Chase, a retired teacher wiuth 50 years experience from Fall River, Mass., stands againt Wisconsin workers during a Massachusetts Teachers Association "Stand Up for Wisconsin Workers" rally outside the Statehouse in Boston, Tuesday afternoon Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) (Stephan Savoia)

Demonstrators rally in support of Wisconsin workers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. ( AP Photo/Seth Perlman) (Seth Perlman)

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Fox reporter in Wisconsin "attacked" by protesters

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

John Boehner's troubling "machine gun" comment

Adam Clark Estes

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Liberalism can survive the collapse of union power

Teacher Kristen Henningfeld, center, of Elk Mound, Wis., protests on the steps of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Protests to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 12th day. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

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Thousands of opponents of Wisconsin Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill gather for protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin Saturday, February 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart) (AP)

Protesters march around the Capitol Square in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, over the governor's proposed budget. Protests to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 11th day. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (Andy Manis)

Robert J. Kleine

A custodian washes the floor of the at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011., on the 13th day of protests over the governor's proposed budget. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Dinesh Ramde, David A. Lieb

Sean Conard, left, of Green Bay, Wis., and Shyla Deacon of Milwaukee cheer during protests at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Protests to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 12th day. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

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Union steam fitter Andrew Williams of West Allis, Wis., uses an air horn during protest at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, over the governor's proposed budget. Protests to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 11th day at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Scott Walker rejects compromise on Meet the Press

Peter Finocchiaro

Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest outside of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Union supporters are on the 12th day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Patrick Condon, Todd Richmond

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Protesters who identified themselves as Kenosha city and county workers continue to rally as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plane, upper left, flies away following his news conference about his budget repair bill at the Kenosha Airport in Kenosha, Wis., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Walker called on the missing Democratic state senators, including Kenosha's Robert Wirch, to return to the Capitol. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg) (AP)

Wisconsin police join up with protesters

Peter Finocchiaro

Protesters to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers march through the center of the rotunda at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Protests are in their 11th day at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Gov. Rick Scott gestures during a business conference in Hollywood, Fla., Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's reality distortion field

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks to the media at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Opponents to the governor's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their ninth day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Wisconsin Assembly passes anti-union bill

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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2011, file photo opponents to the Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest in the rotunda of the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Stung by the wave of anti-union sentiment in Wisconsin and more than a dozen other states, organized labor is re-energizing as a political force and trying to take advantage of the growing backlash. They expect momentum from the protests to spill into the 2012 election cycle. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File) (Andy Manis)

The union model: A relic -- but an essential one

John McCain on Meet the Press

Wisconsin Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, standing right, R-Juneau, talks about the rules in the senate handbook during debate on floor at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Fourteen democratic Senators are in undisclosed locations effectively stalling the governor's budget proposal. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers on their ninth day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Troopers sent for Wisconsin Democrats, no one home

Todd Richmond, Scott Bauer

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