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>> what are you doing out of school today? >> the 8th grade and 7th grade devised a walkout to support our teachers so we left during second hour about 9:00 we walked out of west high school to the capitol. we've been here all day to support our teachers. >> that was a student today showing up in protest in solidarity with the teachers in madison, wisconsin. welcome back to the ed show in norfolk, virginia tonight. i'm proud to be back where i grew up and went to school here at maury high school with the faculty and the students from my old high school. we'll visit them later this evening. bac...

Argument. they make more than you do. right, these public sector employees. they can never be fired. their benefits are things you can't even imagine. by the way, they won't even consider taking any kind of cut in the face of the worst recession in our life times and they expect you to pay for it. >> did i hear that correctly? tucker says public sector workers in wisconsin make more than private sector workers? well, as we've shown repeatedly on this program wisconsin's public sector workers make less than their private sector counterparts. well, here they are. by level of education on average...

After all, tucker was a card carrying union member when he worked here at msnbc. the union gave him the ability to earn a competitive salary with benefits which is just what public employees in wisconsin want. the difference is the average teacher salary in wisconsin is $46,000 a year. i'm guessing that's quite a bit less than the salary your union secured for you, tucker. that's the takedown tonight on "the ed show." it's not just union bashing. america's rich are also picking your pocket every time you fill up at the gas tank. matt taibbi, wall street's worst nightmare, is standing by to joi...

Less collective bargaining rights for teachers means these kids, these students and all the 800,000 public school students of wisconsin. they're basically losing out. two madison high school students have started a facebook page calling for a a nationwide student walkout. tomorrow at 2:00 to show solidarity with wisconsin workers. the nation's john nichols tonight is telling us that well over 100,000 protesters might show up in madison this weekend. joining me now, outside the capitol, is john nichols of "the nation" magazine. great to have you with us tonight. another historic day in your hom...

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