Only 17 percent of Wisconsin workers belong to unions, and as a rule they vote solidly Democratic.They also tend to be conservative on social issues like the death penalty and Gay marriage.But in this year’s governor’s race corruption scandals in both parties and the rising cost of campaigns is making some workers reconsider their traditional loyalties.Reporter Gil Halsted talked with workers at a construction site and union memebrs walking the picket line at the Goodyear plant in Sun Prairie and prepared this report…
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