article_snippet: The protests from unions in Wisconsin were not nearly as large as The protests from unions in Wisconsin were four years ago when Walker and Republicans in the state legislature pushed through reforms to public sector unions, growing only as large as about 3,000 people compared with 100,000 in 2011.
article_snippet: And only a handful of protesters were on hand for Friday's deliberations.
article_snippet: Walker called this session a distraction and feared that protests would grow as large as those in 2011 when Walker effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers .
article_snippet: The group much smaller than the one in 2011 against Walker's law stripping public sector unions of much of The group much smaller than the one in 2011 against Walker's law stripping public sector unions of much of their power and 100,000 protesters camped out power and 100,000 protesters camped out.
article_snippet: Still, the largest rally attracted roughly 3,000 people . '