Marty Beil, whom many call the face of public employee unions in Wisconsin, said Wednesday that he is retiring.

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Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson may be in similar political situations.

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Republican-controlled legislative committee on Thursday approved the first Wisconsin state employee pay plan created under a new law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers, despite ...

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By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Wisconsin state workers will not receive salary increases during the next two years under the first pay plan put forward by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration under a law that no longer requires the ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions after the weakened labor groups decided Thursday against seeking recertification votes in the state that was the ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin State Employees Union wants state lawmakers to pressure Gov. Scott Walker’s administration to begin negotiating with it over salary increases for 22,000 state workers. The union sent letters Tuesday ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two unions representing about 2,700 public workers in Madison and Dane County have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law restricting collective bargaining rights. The lawsuit, filed ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of Wisconsin worker rights groups is going to court to block Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. The groups are filing a federal lawsuit against the governor’s plan to strip most public workers of ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison fire department inspectors say added security measures at the Capitol building violate fire safety code. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that Madison fire officials found that multiple locked exit doors violated city fire safety ordinances. Fire ...

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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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