More than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin

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MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR  Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin Jason Stein and Patrick Marley the university of wisconsin press The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London wc2e 8lu, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2013 by Jason Stein and Patrick Marley All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stein, Jason, journalist. More than they bargained for : Scott Walker, unions, and the fight for Wisconsin / Jason Stein and Patrick Marley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-299-29384-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-299-29383-3 (e-book) 1. Labor movement—Wisconsin—History—21st century. 2. Protest movements— Wisconsin—History—21st century. 3. Collective bargaining—Government employees—Wisconsin. 4. Wisconsin—Politics and government—21st century. I. Marley, Patrick, journalist. II. Title. hd8083.w6S74 2013 322´.209775—dc23 2012040563 To Amanda, Zane, and Xavier And to Denise and Elsa Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori. —virgil, Eclogues Book Ten Democracy isn’t pretty all the time. —jeff fitzgerald, Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, February 18, 2011 ...