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Budget Cuts and Threats to Unions Prompt Nationwide Protests

HeadlineMar 07, 2011

Protests are being organized across the country to protect union rights and to oppose massive budget cuts. Trenton, New Jersey, saw its largest protest ever on Saturday. Some 35,000 teachers, police officers and state workers gathered in the Capitol on Saturday to oppose Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $29.4 billion budget. In Nevada, more than 500 student protesters and supporters came together on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday to take a stand against Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed higher education cuts. In Florida, demonstrators are preparing for a protest on Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott’s budget plan that calls for cutting $4.6 billion in state spending, phasing out corporate income taxes and eliminating well over 8,000 jobs from state agencies.

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