Wisconsin lawmakers flee state to block anti-union bill

Friday, February 18, 2011

MADISON, Wis. -- Faced with a near-certain Republican victory that would end a half-century of collective bargaining for public workers, Wisconsin Democrats retaliated with the only weapon they had left: They fled.

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