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Absolutely obvious. and it comes just as ohio workers are fighting the same battle wisconsin is fighting. governor kasich and republican legislators are trying to deprive workers of their right to organize. but just like in wisconsin, ohio workers are fighting back. >> kill the bill! >> we work hard to help the community. our goal is to be strong and to be well. its only fair to collective bargain. >> lets go now to ohio, where state senator joe shovani is fighting the same fight that wisconsin ...

Committee where this bill was igal hed on iday. we were athearings on moaynd republicans refused to continue to hear from the people of wisconsin. democrats have heard from 3,000 more people and counting. and i am not aware of a schultz amendment in finance or any more discussed. >> senator taylor, were having a lot of trouble with your cell phone. its cracking up a little bit, so were going to try to re-establish bert contact with you and try to get back to you. thanks for joining me, and i hop...

Legislator in the united states of america. he was here back in 1956 when they passed collective bargaining. mr. rizzer, great to have you with us tonight. i want you to give us your thoughts at this hour as you see this unfold, fred. >> thanks, ed. you know, wisconsins a great state. weve got a great liberal tradition of service by our state and public employees. you know, we were the first state to adopt and implement social security back in the early 1900s. we were one of the first states to ...

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Labor started back in the 1800s. it cuts right to the fabric of whether were going to build our economy in this country, or if were going to gut the middle class. and governor walker is very callous about this. and hes coming off as a very rude and callous person, saying, hey, look, this is the way its got to be and you have to pay it, but we wont do that to the top 2%. thats another issue. >> ed schultz, we cant wait for "the ed show" live in madison, wisconsin, tonight. thanks for joining me t...

And not giving this governor this political victory because it has been very partisan and very heavy handed. >> ed, ive got to say seeing you there -- can we put up that wide shot of where you can see the protesters behind you right now? this is incredible. >> this is the crowd. [ cheers ] >> i knew that was going to happen. ed, to see you out there, to see you out there, i know youve been talking to those folks all day, hearing their side of the story, seeing whats going on in wisconsin right n...

Eliminate and dop away with what the state has accomplished in 50 to 100 years. >> this issue is so big, its gone all the way to the top. heres the president weighing in. >> on the other hand, some of what ive heard coming out of wisconsin, where youre just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally seems like more of an assault on unions and its very important to understand public employees are our neighbors. theyre our friends. >> the governors actions come after w...

What bar has to be met for you? what criteria that as to be met for you folks to come back? >> you know, ed, its not useful to negotiate and set those things out in the press because thats not the way you get things done. negotiations take place across the table with people talking face to face, and thats what the governor has not done, but thats what we intend to do with the governor. >> senator fred risser, how would you describe governor walker? >> well, the governor has been governor for les...

Public service as we know it. they want to gut the middle class. this is ground zero for 2012. you play the sound cut from the president youve been playing earlier played today on msnbc but the sound cut is old. mr. president, you need to engage. this has to be a daily fight. where does the president, where are the democrats, do they stand for the middle class? do they. stand for workers or are they going to let this unfold and watch the middle class in the country get gutted? on a bigger platfo...

Brothers. as for the wisconsin club for growth, one of their main organizers is rj johnson. and you may wonder, well, who the heck is rj johnson? well, according to the "milwaukee journal sentinel," "a key adviser for the club for growth is rj johnson, who also worked as a political strategist for governor walkers campaign." so in the face of a grassroots labor movement, millionaires and billionaires are doing the governors dirty work for him. this isnt governor walker all by himself. and walker...