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New lawsuit filed against collective bargaining law

Published: June 15, 2011
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SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition of unions filed a new lawsuit against the GOP-supported plan that strips away collective bargaining rights from most public workers. The announcement [...]

State workers to pay more in August

Published: June 15, 2011
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state workers will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August. Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said Wednesday that is the soonest the law calling for the higher contributions can be implemented. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lower court judge [...]

Supreme Court upholds collective bargaining law (UPDATE)

Published: June 15, 2011
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s polarizing collective bargaining rights law is set to take effect on June 29 after the state Supreme Court determined that a judge overstepped her authority when she voided the governor’s plan to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. The ruling Tuesday evening [...]

Collective bargaining law to take effect June 29

Published: June 15, 2011
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette says he will publish the law taking away most collective bargaining rights from public workers on June 28. That means the law will take effect June 29. La Follette’s decision announced Wednesday comes after the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a lower [...]

La Follette wants appeal dropped in union case (UPDATE)

Published: April 7, 2011
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Madison (AP) — Wisconsin’s secretary of state has asked the state Supreme Court to drop an appeal made in his name that seeks to overturn a lower court judge’s order barring the state’s divisive new union rights law from taking effect.

Republicans face new hurdle in union battle

Published: March 30, 2011
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TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans face a new hurdle in their campaign to curb public sector unions’ power. So far Republicans have managed win after win — overcoming massive protests and outmaneuvering Democrats to push their plan through the Legislature, then finding a [...]

Judge halts implementation of bargaining law

Published: March 29, 2011
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The showdown over Wisconsin’s explosive union bargaining law shifted from the Statehouse back to the courthouse on Tuesday, but it remained unclear when or even whether the measure would take effect. Republican lawmakers pushed through passage of the law earlier this month despite massive protests that [...]

Fight over union law heads to court 
(UPDATE)

Published: March 29, 2011
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration insists a new law eliminating most collective bargaining rights for state employees has gone into effect. Other state and municipal leaders who dispute that are looking to a Tuesday court hearing for some clarity on the issue. The latest wrangling over [...]

Union law published despite court order (UPDATE)

Published: March 25, 2011
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SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans insist that the anti-union law that sparked weeks of protests at the state Capitol and that is being challenged in court takes effect Saturday because a state office decided to post it online. The head of the office that posted it and a court [...]

Appeals court cedes union law to higher court

Published: March 24, 2011
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court declined to rule Thursday on whether to allow a law stripping public employee unions of nearly all their collective bargaining rights to take effect, saying the issue should be decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It’s appropriate for the state’s highest court [...]

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