reporter: the dialogue about collective bargaining the dialogue here has long shifted away from collective bargaining. union concerns were not striking a chord with wisconsin voters poll after poll. you talk about the numbers in terms of union membership, numbers dug up by the wall street journal shows the largest state employee union is down in membership from 62,000 in march of 2001 to 28,000 in february, and you look at what has happened with the reforms put in place, what republicans here did along with governor walker is create new expenses for state employees, in terms of contributions for healthcare and for their pensions. amount the same time they gave them a cost-saving measure, they made the union dues optional, people are opting out of their union dues. bill: big vote next week, mike tobin, thank you, live in milwaukee. martha: the khraoeupbd chinese
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