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Unfortunately over the course of the past 20 years they have shown until we got to this point they have never been willing to have any meaningful compromise to help with work rules and our expanded costs. the time is now. 19 states already do not allow public employees to bargain yet they still have vacations, pension, good health care. there's no doubt about it. we can do it here. we don't need the union with every several bargaininging right. >> the state senator out there the democrat he left the capital to prevent the vote. he's somewhere in illinois. senator where are you, what state your...

Us. everything imaginable. and we're going to do everything possible to stand up for workiworking -- >> the reason this is going on, a global issue in wisconsin is because you want to get rid of the union's right to negotiate overtime work rules, things like that. >> there are work rules that are having expensive to our cities and schools. and in this fiscal crisis, we cannot continue to allow the cities and schools to have no authority over what they ask their employees to do. >> meanwhile, new york senator chuck schumer sent out a letter to supporters expressing demonstrators and writes in p...

Unions have been negotiating with people who they can vote for, work for, give campaign tric contributions to. it's been collusion more often than meditation. >> teachers, obviously, aren't getting rich from teaching and one of the attractions of teaching today is it offers a more generous pension. my own view we need to spend more on teacher salaries to attract a new generation into the profession especially for poor kids. >> i totally agree with that. the role of the union is to create a floor, is to create, you know, a level under which you can pay people. but in new york state right now th...

We just got a news report late this afternoon which is friday on the east coast that there's an idea out there being proposed by the head of the public employees union that if the governor would go along with keeping the employee union's recognized, still organize the state, still able to negotiate work rules and other issues that the union will continue seed on these meant care issues. what do you think of that proposal? >> well, i think that's a good olive branch and i hope the governor listens. the reason that we took off so that the republicans didn't have a quorum is because the governor ...

Reason this is going on, you want to get rid of the union's right to negotiate over time, work rules, things like that? >> there are work rules that are very expensive to our cities and schools. and in this fiscal crisis we cannot continue to allow the cities and schools to have no authority over what they ask their employees to do. >> so that's the fight. we know where it stands. over work rules, overtime. other issues of collective bargaining. the republicans will not allow the unions to continue to have those rights to collectively bargain. the democrats who are holding out, are staying out...