Wisconsin Assembly passes union bill

February 25, 2011

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to reduce the collective bargaining rights of most public workers by passing the measure early Friday morning.

The vote ended three straight days of debate in the Assembly. But the political standoff over the bill and the protests at the state Capitol appear far from over.

The Assembly’s vote sent the bill on to the Senate, but minority Democrats in that house have fled to Illinois to prevent a vote. No one knows when they will return from hiding. the rest