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    Jeanne Field

    CERAMICS

    CERAMICS_271_REPORT

    On February 28, the largest public union filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the

    state labor relations board, claiming that Walker had a duty to negotiate, but had

    refused.=== March ===

    On March 3, police found 41 rounds of 22-caliber rifle ammunition outside the Wisconsin

    state Capitol.Ammunition was also found inside a city and county government building in

    downtown Madison.That same day security at the Capitol had become so restrictive that a

    team of firefighters responding to an emergency call were denied access to the building.On

    the same night, Rep. Nick Milroy (D-WI) was tackled by law enforcement officers while

    attempting to enter the Capitol to retrieve clothes.Milroy said in a statement that "no harm

    was done," but criticized the "armed-palace environment created by Gov.Walker."Also that

    same day, after occupation of the Capitol for more than two weeks, the final group of pro-

    union protesters left the building peacefully after Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert

    ordered their removal.The judge ruled that activists could not stay in the building overnight,

    but he ordered authorities to end the lockdown on the building and restore normal access

    by March 6.On March 4, Governor Walker threatened to send layoff notices to 1,500 state

    employees if the budget repair bill was not passed.According to Walker, this move was

    needed to save the state $30 million.However, in the February 28 phone call, Walker had

    discussed using the threat of layoffs as a political weapon to put pressure on the Senate

    Democrats, saying "We might ratchet that up a little bit, you know."On March 5, filmmaker

    Michael Moore spoke to a crowd of 50,000 protesters, drawing cheers from the crowd as he
    repeatedly said, "America is not broke," and adding, "The country is awash in wealth and

    cash.It's just that it's not in your hands.It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in

    history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-

    rich."The Wisconsin Senate amended the bill to remove financial items, allowing it to be

    passed without a quorum.This allowed Republicans to pass the bill without Democrats

    present on March 9.None of the 14 Democrats were present for the vote.Senator Schultz

    was the lone "Nay" vote, with the other 17 Republicans voting to pass the amended bill.The

    amended bill was then sent to the Assembly.On Thursday, March 10, the Wisconsin

    Assembly passed the amended collective bargaining bill with a vote of 53–42.Protesters and

    Assembly Democrats shouted "shame!"as the Republicans quickly filed out of the

    building.Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca filed a complaint the following morning

    with the Dane County district attorney charging that the Joint Conference Committee that

    convened at 6 pm Wednesday and passed an amended version of Gov.Scott Walker's budget

    repair bill was in violation of the open meetings law.The complaint stated that Assembly

    Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and his brother, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and others

    "knowingly attended the meeting in violation of the Open Meetings law" and were subject to

    penalties identified in state statute.The complaint asked that the actions taken at the

    meeting be declared void.Democrats promised to sue to overturn the law.The 18

    Republican state senators who voted for the law received death threats.Shortly afterwards,

    hundreds of protesters gathered outside the locked entrance to the Capitol, chanting "Break

    down the door!"and "General strike!"The crowds grew to thousands, surging into the

    Capitol.Police did not attempt to remove them.Department of Administration spokesman

    Tim Donovan said although protesters were being encouraged to leave, no one would be

    forcibly removed.Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he had instructed Madison Police

    Chief Noble Wray not to allow his officers to participate in removing demonstrators from
    the building.Katherine R. Windels of Cross Plains, Wisconsin sent death threat e-mails to

    Republican lawmakers the same day the legislation passed, and was arrested and charged

    with two felony and two misdemeanor counts by the Dane County district attorney.====

    Governor Walker's response ====

    In the opinion section of The Wall Street Journal on March 10, 2011, Governor Walker

    expressed his reasons for "fighting in Wisconsin".He started his message discussing a

    teacher from Milwaukee Public Schools, Megan Sampson, who was named Outstanding

    Teacher of the Year (Walker was not truthful about the teacher's title), but received a layoff

    notice a week later.He stated that the collective-bargaining contract requires staffing

    decisions to be made based on seniority and she got a layoff notice because the union

    leadership would not accept reasonable changes to their contract.Instead, according to

    Walker, they hid behind a collective-bargaining agreement that cost the taxpayers $101,091

    per year for each teacher, protected a 0% contribution for health-insurance premiums, and

    forced schools to hire and fire based on seniority and union rules.Walker's budget-repair

    bill would reform the union-controlled hiring and firing process by allowing school districts

    to assign staff based on merit and performance.He stated that most states in the country are

    facing major budget deficits.Many are cutting billions of dollars of aid to schools and local

    governments, and that these cuts lead to massive layoffs or increases in property taxes—or

    both.His proposal gave state and local governments the tools to balance the budget through

    reasonable benefit contributions.In total, Walker said the budget-repair bill saves local

    governments almost $1.5 billion, outweighing the reductions in state aid in the budget.He

    added that the unions claim they are willing to accept concessions, but their actions spoke

    louder than their words.

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