Protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal curtailing public sector union rights raged for weeks in February and March 2011. The demonstrations peaked on March 12, 2011, the day after the governor signed the bill, with about 100,000 people on Capitol Square. Walker would later tout the law during his short-lived run for the presidency earlier this year.
STEVE APPS — State Journal archives
Gov. Scott Walker holds a ceremonial signing on April 6, 2011, of the bill that repeals collective bargaining rights for most public employees.
Rep. Scott Jensen, right, reacts as a judge finds him guilty of running a campaign apparatus using state workers in March 2006. With him is his attorney, Stephen Meyer.
Former state Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, D-Madison, checks in at the Dane County Jail in February 2006 to begin a nine-month term for his role in the Capitol corruption scandal.
Protesters started sleeping at the Capitol to ensure a spot at public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s labor bill in 2011. Camping soon turned into a full-fledged occupation of the Capitol, which for weeks served as a protest village.
Protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal curtailing public sector union rights raged for weeks in February and March 2011. The demonstrations peaked on March 12, 2011, the day after the governor signed the bill, with about 100,000 people on Capitol Square. Walker would later tout the law during his short-lived run for the presidency earlier this year.
Protesters started sleeping at the Capitol to ensure a spot at public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s labor bill in 2011. Camping soon turned into a full-fledged occupation of the Capitol, which for weeks served as a protest village.
Rep. Scott Jensen, right, reacts as a judge finds him guilty of running a campaign apparatus using state workers in March 2006. With him is his attorney, Stephen Meyer.
Former state Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, D-Madison, checks in at the Dane County Jail in February 2006 to begin a nine-month term for his role in the Capitol corruption scandal.
