Validation of Wisconsin’s Right-to-work Law

By: Derek Hawkins//July 18, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, et al. v. Brad D. Schimel et al.

Case No.: 16-3736 & 16-3834

Officials: FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Validation of Wisconsin’s Right-to-work Law

The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 139 and Local 420 (“IUOE”), challenged Wisconsin’s right-to-work law. The district court determined that this Court’s decision upholding Indiana’s nearly-identical law, Sweeney v. Pence, 767 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2014), controlled in this case, and the court dismissed IUOE’s complaint with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Affirmed

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