Wisconsin Dems Accuse Walker of Blocking Pro-Union Website
Published February 23, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments (300) Text Size AP2011 Feb. 16:
Protesters to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers gather in the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison. Wisconsin Democrats are accusing Republican Gov. Scott Walker of trying to crack down on protesters of his anti-union bill by blocking access to a website that supporters of the labor movement used to rally demonstrators at the state Capitol. The website, defendwisconsin.org, was not available inside the Capitol building on Monday and part of Tuesday as thousands of protesters gathered to oppose a bill that would force public employees to pay more for their health care and retirement benefits and curb their collective bargaining rights. "It's a total First Amendment violation," Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, told FoxNews.com, arguing that this was part of a pattern of anti-Democratic moves that Walker has made since he was sworn in to the state's top job last month.