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SEIUWisBudgetRally_W11_1633

On Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, Veterans For Peace member Hallis Mailen drums as a few thousand citizens, public workers, teachers, and union members, including Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin Healthcare, remained inside the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., for the thirteenth day to protest a budget repair bill proposed by Gov. Scott Walker. While many protesters voluntarily and peacefully left upon a 4 p.m. deadline to clear the building, others chose to stay and defy the police order. At approximately 7 p.m., an organizer announced that police, many who have been in solidarity and meeting with the pro-union leaders, agreed to not make any arrest and instead let the several hundred remaining protesters stay the night on the ground floor of the Capitol. Walker's proposed bill requires state employees to make higher contributions to their pensions, increases health insurance premiums, and changes provisions in the state's collective bargaining law. (Photo by Jeff Miller for SEIU)

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On Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, Veterans For Peace member Hallis Mailen drums as a few thousand citizens, public workers, teachers, and union members, including Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin Healthcare, remained inside the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., for the thirteenth day to protest a budget repair bill proposed by Gov. Scott Walker. While many protesters voluntarily and peacefully left upon a 4 p.m. deadline to clear the building, others chose to stay and defy the police order. At approximately 7 p.m., an organizer announced that police, many who have been in solidarity and meeting with the pro-union leaders, agreed to not make any arrest and instead let the several hundred remaining protesters stay the night on the ground floor of the Capitol. Walker's proposed bill requires state employees to make higher contributions to their pensions, increases health insurance premiums, and changes provisions in the state's collective bargaining law. (Photo by Jeff Miller for SEIU)