By Matt Pommer Wisconsin is a house divided in the wake of a new law gutting public employee bargaining rights. It falls to Gov. Scott Walker, entering his fourth month in office, to convince the public it was a nifty ...

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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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Madison — A group of Wisconsin lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday by ignoring orders to attend a vote and instead left the state to force Republicans to negotiate over the proposal.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dejected Democrats quietly ended a messy lame-duck session to approve state contracts Thursday, hours after one of their key leaders unexpectedly turned on them and voted the deals down. Senate President ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frustrated state workers are calling on lawmakers to approve new contracts. Workers stood arm-in-arm at a news conference at the state Capitol on Tuesday and demanded the Legislature take action. Mike Senn, who teaches inmates at ...

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OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — United Steelworkers leaders say they expect union members will reject a contract proposal Tuesday offered by the Hoffmaster Group Inc. in Oshkosh because it seeks concessions without offering any incentives. About 400 Hoffmaster employees are voting ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The largest state employees union has approved a new contract that calls for increased health care and pension contributions. Officials with the Wisconsin State Employees Union issued a statement Friday saying its members have approved the ...

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State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Caledonia, sent a letter Wednesday to Secretary of Administration Dan Schooff asking for greater transparency of the ongoing negotiations between the state and its employee unions. Both lawmakers want ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are trying to approve state labor union contracts in a lame duck session before Republicans take over the Legislature in January. Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker has asked that the process ...

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