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New Hampshire Looks To Curb Public Unions
ResumeThe debate over the state budget and collective bargaining rights in New Hampshire has erupted into shouting matches, protests and even name calling between a lawmaker and the Catholic bishop there.
Among the proposals going through the Republican-controlled legislature is a bill to end collective bargaining for public workers, a bill to require teachers to work five instead of three years before they become eligible for tenure and a measure that would make New Hampshire a "right to work state." Felice Belman, editor of the Concord Monitor joins us.
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This segment aired on April 4, 2011.