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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, that's similar to what happened here in wisconsin. and so we got to take those lessons learned back from the '70s in ontario, 1935 in minneapolis and san francisco that created the national labor relations act. we go...

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? >> we're fighting for our lives here. the governor has violated the law in the state of wisconsin. i don't think our workers are afraid of him. if we're going out we'll go out but we'll do it in a fashion that protects our workers. we may do city by city...

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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. >> that's what this bill is about. it's about reform. it's 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...

This is the school that i went to. i'm so proud to be here tonight. these folks are middle class americans. they sit behind me tonight watching this program. they're going to communicate with us later. i think they are the fabric of this community. but of course this is my high school. why wouldn't i say that. it's 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 that's taking place in this country right now, there is one political party that wants you to think that the...