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Education teacher are fighting for their collective bargaining rights at the wisconsin state capitol. >> we're a two-teacher family, so the cuts are double for us, which is twice as scary. >> reporter: they have been standing out in the cold every morning nine hours a day without dinner breaks living off of granola bars out of their backpack. >> we think it's worth it. without doing this, our voices wouldn't be heard at all. >> reporter: they say the proposed bill would reduce their total income by 13%. >> like other families, we have a mortgage to pay every month. we've got electric bills, an...

Shortfall by june 30th and then a $3.6 billion deficit over the next two years. but still, teachers here are very angry. >> like other families, we have a mortgage to pay every month, we've got electric bills, and what -- what i've heard is that it's about a 13% net drop in income with the benefits and the wages. that's what we'd be losing every month. and so we'd have to start picking and choosing how we're going to make our house payments and still do other things. >> teachers say it's not just the financial issues they'll be facing. they say what they really believe is behind this is an eff...