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Posted: Fri 12:22 PM, Sep 14, 2012
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Wisconsin Teachers Heading To Chicago

Posted Friday, September 14, 2012 --- 12:20 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Teachers from Wisconsin plan a rally Friday night at the state Capitol in Madison and then head to Chicago on Saturday to show solidarity with those on strike there.

Milwaukee Teachers Education Association President Bob Peterson said Friday that he expects a couple hundred Wisconsin teachers to head to Chicago. The event is being billed as a "Wisconsin-style" rally.

Wisconsin was the center of the national fight over union rights last year when Republican Gov. Scott Walker proposed effectively ending collective bargaining rights for teachers and other public workers.

Many Wisconsin schools around the state shut down for days in February as tens of thousands of people, including many teachers, descended on the Capitol to protest Walker's proposal that passed and has been in effect for more than a year.

Copyright 2012. The Associated Press.

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  • by Josh Location: DeForest on Sep 14, 2012 at 03:26 PM
    As long as they're back in their classrooms on Monday morning......
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  • by Elizabeth Location: Madison, WI on Sep 14, 2012 at 03:07 PM
    Do they realize that they are reaching a deal today or in the very near future? Wisconsin teachers wasting their time with their protesting yet again.
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  • by REALLY? Location: Madison on Sep 14, 2012 at 01:51 PM
    Please protest. This is why Republicans won the Walker election. You Libs just don't get it: the rest of the country does not make 75,000 a year, have a pension, have cheap insurance. And to say they want job stability? What a bunch of dillusional fools.....
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  • by jim Location: milw. on Sep 14, 2012 at 01:17 PM
    Hey, teachers, maybe the democrats from last Feb. can show you the way. Speaking of last Feb., I beleive you didn't faired to well, good luck in Chicago.
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  • by Anonymous Location: Montello, WI on Sep 14, 2012 at 01:06 PM
    This is why I decided to send my child to a private school because they actually are teaching out of the love of teaching and kids!
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