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- 02-25-2011
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Blog by Mike Klonsky/Huffington Post
Forbes is calling this "the final battle in the war against unions." It is no longer just a Wisconsin battle, but a national one. However, it appears that President Obama has chosen to remain on the sidelines, politically triangulating but saying little Thursday's Wall Street Journal reports: "President Barack Obama, after initially lending his support to organized labor, has stepped back from the fights spreading in state capitals from Wisconsin to Tennessee, leaving union officials divided about his tactics.'" Teacher unions in particular are currently resisting a nationally coordinated attack by a group of Republican and Tea Party governors who are backed up by conservative billionaires like the Koch brothers. They've made it clear that no compromise is possible and that they want nothing less than the end of unions and collective bargaining. (more...)
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