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Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the Great Recession, a newly elected Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans who held the majority in the Legislature ushered in a new era of politics in Wisconsin with the passage of Act 10 â decimating public sector labor unions, delivering taxpayers a windfall and forever altering the relationship between government workers and their employers.
Nearly a month s worth of protests peak on March 12, 2011, in Madison with as many as 100,000 people turning out to protest Gov. Scott Walker s collective bargaining law. STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
The legislation hit with explosive effect, especially in Madison, the seat of state government. Almost overnight, most public employees would be required to pay half of their pension costs and at least 12.6% of their health care premiums. Prohibited from bargaining over benefits or working conditions, their unions would be reduced to negotiating only inflationary wage increases.