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AFSCME Wisconsin has named Patrick Wycoff as its new executive director.
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Read More »AFSCME Wisconsin endorses Democrat Evers in November governor’s race
The labor union AFSCME Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that it will back the Democrat Tony Evers in his race against Gov. Scott Walker this fall.
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Read More »AFSCME backs Mitchell in governor’s race
Mahlon Mitchell has picked up another endorsement from a prominent union group this week in a crowded field of Democratic candidates for Wisconsin governor.
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Read More »Badger named to lead merged union council
A veteran Wisconsin union leader will head the newly merged councils of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Read More »AFSCME leader says beating Walker top priority (UPDATE)
The leader of the nation's largest public sector union said Wednesday that defeating Gov. Scott Walker is its top priority this fall, a pledge that the Wisconsin Republican's campaign dismissed as a sign that unions were bitter over his success.
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Read More »Walker-backed union law hits AFSCME hard
The 2011 state law that all but ended collective bargaining for most public workers has hit Wisconsin's second largest union particularly hard.
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Read More »Unions sapped, other lobbying strong
Special interest groups in Wisconsin spent less trying to sway state law and policy in the first half of 2013 than in comparable past periods. But it’s still a whole lotta moolah.
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Read More »Lobby spending drops in 2011-12
During the past two years, money has played an unprecedented role in Wisconsin politics.
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Read More »Federal appeals court upholds collective bargaining limits (UPDATE)
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ruling keeping much of the law from being in effect.
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Read More »Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss
Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 - part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies.
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