A judge in Minneapolis has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Minneapolis School District’s use of certain collective-bargaining pacts, known as “project labor agreements,” on school projects.

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Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court might end mandatory union fees for public employees, some labor-friendly states enacted laws last year to protect membership rolls while unions redoubled their recruitment efforts. Those steps appear to have paid off, at least initially.

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A Madison committee on Monday recommended a firm that agreed to hire a unionized general contractor to complete a high-rise blocks from the state Capitol after outcry over the prospect that the work could be completed by a non-union company.

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Carpenters, laborers and cement masons unions have each reached a longer deal in a cycle of contract negotiations that wrapped up recently, a sign that contractors are confident about the years ahead.

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A recent National Labor Relations Board opinion could poke another hole in unions' use of "Scabby the Rat" and other inflatable displays commonly put up at picket sites.

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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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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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