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About 500 rally against effort to dilute public employee unions





 By Scott Wyland, Ed Vogel AND Benjamin Spillman
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Feb. 21, 2011 | 2:17 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2011 | 7:17 a.m.

Proposals to dilute collective bargaining laws and cut state workers' wages by 5 percent spurred protests in Las Vegas and Carson City on Monday, with labor advocates decrying what they called harsh attacks on unions and an attempt to balance budgets "on the backs of workers."

In Las Vegas, roughly 500 people rallied at the Sawyer Building against a growing legislative effort to weaken labor laws for public employees.....More