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*'''March 10, 2011''' '''FINAL ASSEMBLY VOTE.''' After the capitol is locked down and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p07UGL5fVd8 protesters are carried away from the Assembly chambers] the Wisconsin Assembly passed the collective bargaining bill now called AB10 with a vote of 53-42. Gov. Walker defended his bill in the opinion section of The Wall Street Journal in the article [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704132204576190260787805984.html “Why I’m Fighting in Wisconsin.”] Firefighters marched in parade led by bagpipes. <ref> Patricia Barden [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/03/10339/wisconsin-protests-thursday-march-10-2011 Wisconsin protests, Thursday, March 10, 2011], [http://www.prwatch.org PR Watch], March 10, 2011 </ref>
*'''March 11, 2011''' Wisconsin Gov. [[Scott Walker]] signed the bill into law. It is now 2011 Act 10. He rescinded layoff notices for 1,500 public workers. <ref> Andy Kroll [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/whats-happening-wisconsin-explained What’s Happening in Wisconsin Explained], [http://www.motherjones.com] March 17, 2011 </ref>
*'''March 12, 2011''' '''WI 14 RETURN TO STATE.''' The 14 senators who had left the state returned <ref> [http://blog.reidreport.com/2011/03/wisconsin-14-return-as-85000-rally-in-madison/ Wisconsin 14 Return as 85,000 Rally in Wisconsin], [http://www.blog.reidreport.com Reid Report], March 13, 2011 </ref> and were greeted by upwards of 150,000 people. Wisconsin farmers showed their support by driving dozens of tractors around the capitol and printing “Milk Not Koch” signs. Farmer Tony Shultz [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKOvqXoWB7s tells the crowd why famers are joining with workers]. Hundreds of protesters in the crowd collect names on clipboards. They eventually collect over 200,000 and form organization United Wisconsin – to unofficially begin the Gov. Walker recall process. <ref> Andy Kroll, [http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/scott-walker-recall-united-wisconsin It’s Recall Time for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker], [http://www.motherjones.com Mother Jones], November 15, 2011 </ref>
*'''March 15, 2011''' University of Wisconsin-Madison professor [[William Cronon]] publishes a piece on the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) and its influence in Wisconsin legislation, “[http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/15/alec/ Who’s Really Behind Recent Republican Legislation in Wisconsin and Elsewhere (Hint: It Didn’t Start Here)].” The Wisconsin GOP files an open records request for all of Cronon's emails referencing a long list of key words in a failed effort to link him to partisan political activity.
*'''March 21, 2011''' University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, [[William Cronon]] publishes, “[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22cronon.html?_r=1 Wisconsin’s Radical Break],”in the [[New York Times]] where he recounts the history of labor unions and writes, “many of the innovations on behalf of working people were at least as much the work of Republicans as of Democrats.” <ref>William Cronin, [http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/22/new-york-times-op-ed-on-wisconsins-radical-break-3222011/ New York Times op-ed on Wisconsin’s Radical Break], [http://www.scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net Scholar as Citizen], March 22, 2011 </ref>
