By James Briggs The State Engineering Association is the third union group to file an unfair labor complaint against the state of Wisconsin. The complaint alleges Gov. Scott Walker and the state failed to bargain in good faith, as state ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It took Scott Walker only a few weeks to push the Capitol into political chaos. The newly elected Republican governor of Wisconsin has set his sights on forcing public workers to ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public employees were reeling Friday trying to figure out what to do after Gov. Scott Walker asked the Legislature to remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for teachers, prison guards and ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker promised to target public employee benefits and Medicaid programs in order to deal with Wisconsin’s budget shortfall, but offered few details in his first State of the State ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Forcing concessions from state employees is a popular talking point for Gov. Scott Walker and one that likely will find a central place in his first State of the State speech ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of a state employee union is asking Gov. Scott Walker to name a union member to his newly created commission designed to root out government waste, fraud and abuse. The 17,000-member union AFT-Wisconsin sent ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A spokesman says the University of Wisconsin System will ask an agency to dismiss a union’s request to move 130 academic staff members into collective bargaining units. Three unions affiliated with AFT-Wisconsin asked the Wisconsin Employment ...

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