Gary Chaison

Clark University

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Professor of Industrial Relations at Clark University in Worcester Massachusetts; author of Unions in America and The New Collective Bargaining

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In yesterday's recall election, Wisconsin's Republican Governor  Scott Walker  faced the Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee,  Tom Barrett .

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Three months after Wisconsin's Republican Governor  Scott Walker  took office last year there were massive protests in the state capitol.

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