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Judge orders Sunbelt to hire back workers amid dispute with Local 139 (UPDATE)
A judge has ordered the equipment supplier Sunbelt Rentals to hire back two employees it fired in an attempt to frustrate a unionization drive last year.
Construction groups pause courses to slow COVID-19 outbreak
As Wisconsin schools have closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, construction groups are putting their training programs on hiatus, too.
COVID-19 and construction: How a hands-on industry is handling an outbreak
Even as COVID-19 has led to school closings, event cancellations and other social-distancing measures, Wisconsin's construction industry has largely made no plans to stop work – at least fornow.
LABOR PAINS: Sunbelt fires back at Local 139’s NLRB complaint
The equipment lender Sunbelt Rentals is pushing back against a federal attempt to force it back to the bargaining table with a Wisconsin labor union.
NLRB tries to force Sunbelt back to bargaining table with Local 139
Federal officials filed an injunction last week to force the equipment-rental company Sunbelt Rentals into labor negotiations after it had fired employees who had led a unionization drive at its Franksville office this past summer.
Wilderness Resort theater, Local 139 protests rank as most-read stories
In a whirlwind year of notable events, it can be difficult to remember what made headlines 12 days ago, let alone 12 months ago.
Senate OKs bill making it a felony to trespass on pipeline projects
A bill that would make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline project earned the state Senate's approval on Tuesday.
DRAWING THE LINE: Bill to make it felony to trespass on construction sites
In response to protests that have sometimes turned destructive in northern Wisconsin, state lawmakers have introduced legislation to make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline.
BANNER YEAR: Local 139 accuses Sunbelt of laying off workers to prevent unionization
Union officials say the equipment-rental firm Sunbelt Rentals has laid off workers at its office in Franksville in a "reorganization" aimed at frustrating attempts to unionize the shop.
Democratic Wisconsin AG says he most likely would defend Act 10
The Wisconsin attorney general says he most likely would defend in court the state law that effectively stripped public employees of collectively bargaining rights.
GOP lawmakers move to intervene in Local 139 lawsuit over Act 10
Republican leadership in the state Legislature plan to intervene in a legal challenge of the state's well-known Act 10 law to contest arguments made by two labor unions that argue the law curtailing collective bargaining also limits their free-speech rights.
Operators unions file suit over Act 10 provisions in wake of Janus ruling
Two Wisconsin operators unions have filed suit over Wisconsin's well-known Act 10 law, arguing aspects of the legislation curtailing unions' bargaining powers deprive them of free-speech rights.
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