*from the Employment Policy Research Network website:

* *"The fight in Wisconsin has focused the nation's attention on collective bargaining and its role in a democratic society. Other states facing fiscal crises are watching the battle there. Unfortunately, because of the highly partisan nature of the fight in Wisconsin, the debate has shed more heat than light." * * http://www.employmentpolicy.org/topic/402/op-ed/public-sector-collective-bar... *