The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 unfurled banners and an inflatable “fat cat” figure Tuesday in a dispute with the Franksville office of equipment rental firm Sunbelt Rentals, which union officials say has refused to negotiate with workers who want to unionize.

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An appeals court has ruled that the town of Grand Chute didn't deflate a union's free-speech rights when it barred a giant blow-up rat from being displayed at a picket line at a construction site nearly five years ago.

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A Madison-area union pension fund has filed a lawsuit accusing a flooring contractor of breaking a collective-bargaining agreement by hiring non-union subcontractors.

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Several Wisconsin union pension plans for retired construction workers are showing signs of improvement after having raised alarms among federal regulators in recent years.

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Union workers at a northern Wisconsin manufacturer are on strike.

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The prominent labor leader Phil Neuenfeldt, who recently retired as president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, died on Sunday in his home, the union announced the following day.

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The Wisconsin Building Trades Council announced Thursday that it has endorsed a group of Democrats seeking state and federal offices in the general election scheduled for Nov. 6.

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A federal judge has sided with an electrical contractor who fought to block a union benefit fund from obtaining non-union employee records as part of a routine audit.

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Several people were injured before dawn on Tuesday when a pickup truck barreled into a group of protesters calling for higher pay and the right to form unions in Michigan, in what police said appeared to be an accident.

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Embattled Wisconsin labor unions think they would see an end to union-busting policies if Wisconsin were governed by the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers, who is challenging Gov. Scott Walker this fall — and are spending big to help him get there.

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