Shut Down the State

So, you know me, I'm not one to get all rally-y and hue-and-cry-y. But I have to say, denying public workers the right to collectively bargain is a pretty big deal.
Note that the right to be a member of a union isn't being questioned -- that would be completely unconstitutional and even the most right-wing moron on the Supreme Court wouldn't let a law like that stand.

Collective Bargaining Bunny

But being able to "freely assemble" and having the right to collectively bargain ain't the same thing. You can join a union, but the union can't (legally) do anything. Here's a (sometimes poorly worded) list of all the states and their position on collective bargaining. Only a handful of states do not allow collective bargaining. You'll note that those states do not exactly have the most stellar schools.
The right to join a union and collectively bargain is a matter of Federal law -- specifically the National Labor Relations Act of 1948 1935. But the NLRA specifically does not cover government workers (or railroad workers or Postal workers although now Postal workers are in a weird nebulous legal zone between working for the Government or a private company.)
Note that Section 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, in part:

(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

So basically when they're taking away rights--rights that we, as signers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, have held up as fundamental rights for all people--you gotta set back and say "Wait a minute. We need to actually do something about this."
I say, shut the State of Wisconsin right on down. Shut it down.
That's just the anarchist in me, don't listen to her him.
But really, shut it down.
And police and firemen of Wisconsin? You guys know you're next.