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Firefighters union. joe, good to have you with us tonight here on the ed show. i appreciate your time. i know it has been a very stressful day there in madison. what actions are you and your union taking against scott walker tonight? >> a tough day for the working middle class in wisconsin, ed. just like governor walker has created these tools for this budget shortfall that he is creating for all municipalities were using tools, too. the recall elections, economic transparency, and of course the...

You can protest all you want. >> absolutely. >> you can motivate people to go through the recall process but the fact is that this will be the law. do you think this law will resonate and be so strong with people they would actually strike? would you advocate that? >> well, a strike is the trump card as jim cavanaugh from the south federation of labor said. we got to work on it, put everything into place, make sure emergency operations are in place. it takes a lot of coordination. the general st...

Minority leader barka and local unions are planning lawsuits over the way the republicans rammed this bill through. the recall petitions are growing larger by the minute and the public employee unions are even started to use the word "strike." the president of the madison firefighters union will join me momentarily on this program to talk about that possibility. you know what i think? i think governor walker actually wants strike. it would give him the chance to fire strikers just like his hero ...

He is about to sign it. i think he is going to do it tomorrow so he can get exactly one more day of press coverage. the wisconsin assembly forced it through late this afternoon and walker vowed to sign it. the governor says this is a victory for the middle class. >> thats what this bill is about. its about reform. its about making sure we can put people to work, save jobs, and ultimately balance our budget in a way that protects the middle class here in wisconsin. >> walker is dead wrong. this i...

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Do you think this law will resonate and be so strong with people they would actually strike? would you advocate that? >> well, a strike is the trump card as jim cavanaugh from the south federation of labor said. we got to work on it, put everything into place, make sure emergency operations are in place. it takes a lot of coordination. the general strikes that happened in ontario, thats similar to what happened here in wisconsin. and so we got to take those lessons learned back from the 70s in o...

Provision on page 16 of this senate bill that gives governor walker the power to fire striking public workers during a state of an emergency. the question comes up, what is an emergency? the governor could actually declare our finances in the state of wisconsin are a public emergency. will this make unions think twice before they go on strike? >> were fighting for our lives here. the governor has violated the law in the state of wisconsin. i dont think our workers are afraid of him. if were goin...

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Wisconsin. madison, wisconsin, where the governor, he took a union busting bill and put it out and made it law of the land today. he is about to sign it. i think he is going to do it tomorrow so he can get exactly one more day of press coverage. the wisconsin assembly forced it through late this afternoon and walker vowed to sign it. the governor says this is a victory for the middle class. >> thats what this bill is about. its about reform. its about making sure we can put people to work, save ...

This is the school that i went to. im so proud to be here tonight. these folks are middle class americans. they sit behind me tonight watching this program. theyre going to communicate with us later. i think they are the fabric of this community. but of course this is my high school. why wouldnt i say that. its a privilege to be here. it was a privilege to attend this school. a public school. i also had the privilege to learn from talented public school teachers. and in the argument thats taking...