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Wisconsin teachers planning Saturday solidarity trip to Chicago

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Chicago teachers walk the picket line outside Anthony Overton School in Chicago September 10, 2012. REUTERS/Jean Lachat
Demonstrators at the Wisconsin State Capitol on June 14, 2011. (Photo credit: Wisconsin Radio Network)
Chicago teachers walk the picket line outside Anthony Overton School in Chicago September 10, 2012. REUTERS/Jean Lachat

MADISON, WI  (WSAU)  -  Teachers from Wisconsin plan to rally tonight at the state Capitol before traveling to support striking Chicago teachers Saturday. 

Milwaukee Teachers Education Association President Bob Peterson told reporters he expects a couple hundred Wisconsin teachers to make the trip to Chicago in the morning. 

Wisconsin teachers are still unhappy with the loss of certain collective bargaining rights for public workers and school teachers last year.  Today, teachers are cheering a Dane County judge's ruling striking down the new law as unconstitutional and  they are planning to support their Chicago collegues who face cuts and changes.  

 

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