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*'''February 11, 2011''' '''WALKER "DROPS THE BOMB"''' On Friday morning, Gov. [[Scott Walker]] introduces his collective bargaining bill [http://budget.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/0211walkerbudgetlrb.pdf which he calls the "budget repair bill."] with plans to extract benefit concessions and eliminate collective bargaining for most public employees. <ref> [http://walker.wi.gov/journal_media_detail.asp?prid=5622&locid=177 Governor Walker Introduces Budget Repair], [http://walker.wi.gov/index.asp Office of the Governor Scott Walker], accessed December 7, 2011 He would late describe this as "dropping the bomb" in a prank call with someone he thought was the billionaire David Koch, a campaign contributor. (FN CALL). Because the bill is a fiscal budget bill, there must be a full quorum in the Senate and Assembly for the bill to pass.
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*'''February 12, 2011''' '''FIRST PROTEST.''' The first small protest against the bill was organized on campus.<ref> Kristian Knutsen, [http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32231 Wisconsin labor, student groups organize protests against Walker's public union plans], [http://www.thedailypage.com The Daily Page], February 11, 2011 </ref> <ref> Teresa Macki, [http://www.wkow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14019932 Students protest Gov. Walker's budget repair bill], [http://www.wkow.com WKOW], February 12, 2011 </ref>
*'''February 13, 2011''' '''FIRST PICKET.''' A small band of Madison east-siders picketed the governor's mansion. <ref> http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/around-town-protesters-rail-against-walker-plan-for-state-workers/article_3ecf4d04-37f5-11e0-9c6a-001cc4c002e0.html</ref>
*'''February 14, 2011''' '''AFTERNOON AND EVENING RALLIES BEGIN.''' On Monday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers (AFSCME) and the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) secured permits and organized afternoon and evening rallies at the capitol building. This pattern would continue for weeks to come, an estimated 2,000 people participating on the first day. The Teaching Assistants’ Association of UW-Madison (TAA) and supporters delivered “Valentine: messages to Gov. Walker that read “We (heart) UW. Don’t Break My (heart)” <ref> Joe Tarr [http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32375 Report from the command centers: Protests slow for a day, but activity in and around the Capitol continues], [http://www.thedailypage.com The Daily Page], February 20, 2011 </ref>
