Having just emerged from a busy election season, Wisconsin is already turning its attention back to the polls where control of the state Supreme Court hangs in the balance.
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Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of Act 10 lawsuit
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the dismissal of a First Amendment lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's Act 10.
Read More »Supreme Court hears union arguments for paying workers to ‘don,’ ‘doff’ uniforms
A lawsuit in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will determine if employees at a Fort Atkinson food production factory should receive back pay for putting on work clothes before a shift and taking them off afterward.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court deals blow to union elections (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's Supreme Court says an administrative agency overseeing employee union elections has the power to decertify collective bargaining groups if they don't file election paperwork on time.
Read More »Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions
A decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, 16-1466, is expected by late June.
Read More »Labor unions file lawsuit over Act 10
The International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 139 and 420 have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate Act 10, a law passed in 2011 that restricts collective bargaining.
Read More »Supreme Court deadlock upholds win for unions in fee case (UPDATE)
A tie vote from the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a win to labor unions in a high-profile dispute over their ability to collect fees.
Read More »US Supreme Court case could weaken government workers unions
The largest teachers union in Michigan still represents Jason LaPorte at the bargaining table, but he no longer pays anything to support the union.
Read More »Federal appeals court sides with contractor in pension fund dispute
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with Brownsville-based Michels Corp. and 34 other contractors, saying that they properly stopped contributing to an employee pension fund in 2011.
Read More »Assembly approves State Attorneys Association union contract
Public workers covered under the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association would get a 1 percent raise under a collective bargaining agreement the state Assembly has approved.
Read More »Group sues Madison schools over teacher contract (UPDATE)
School officials in Madison violated Republican Gov. Scott Walker's signature law barring public employers from collectively bargaining with their workers when it set up new contracts with the local teachers unions, a conservative group alleged in a lawsuit filed late Wednesday.
Read More »Police union drops last collective bargaining challenge
The state's largest police union has dropped its challenge to Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions, ending the last legal fight over the contentious prohibitions.
Read More »Lawyer saw writing on wall for Act 10 ruling
One of the lead challengers of Act 10 said he had a good idea which way the ruling would go well before the state Supreme Court handed down its decision Thursday.
Read More »The give and take of Act 10
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a 5-2 decision released Thursday that whatever collective-bargaining rights state lawmakers give out, they can just as easily take away.
Read More »Collective bargaining ruling raises right-to-work questions
Although the Wisconsin Supreme Courts’ ruling on Act 10 pertains only to public employees, a lawyer who challenged the law contends there could be implications for private-sector unions.
Read More »Act 10, voter ID, domestic registry decisions near (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue highly anticipated decisions Thursday dealing with union rights, photo identification for voters and the state's domestic partnership registry.
Read More »Top court: Public union can’t make nonmembers pay fees (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling in Harris v. Quinn that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover a union’s costs of collective bargaining.
Read More »AG candidates debate police issues
The top four candidates for Wisconsin attorney general agreed that heroin is the state's top public safety issue during a debate Saturday at the Wisconsin Professional Police Association annual meeting.
Read More »Full 7th Circuit won’t hear collective bargaining appeal
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from two Wisconsin unions to re-hear an appeal they filed of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
Read More »Judge who halted Act 10 to retire
A Madison judge who halted Republican Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions has decided to retire.
Read More »Federal appeals court upholds Walker’s collective bargaining law (UPDATE)
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions, dealing another loss to unions trying to overturn the Republican governor's signature legislation that led to massive protests at the Wisconsin Capitol three years ago.
Read More »Appeals court revives Capitol protest lawsuit
A state appeals court has revived a lawsuit brought by a group protesting Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining bill at the Capitol in 2011.
Read More »Court: Legislator must turn over email records
A Democratic state senator must release the names and email addresses of people who sent him messages during the bitter debate over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's union restrictions to a conservative think tank, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Read More »High court justices hear voter ID arguments (UPDATE)
Oral arguments Tuesday for a case challenging the state’s voter ID laws saw at least one Wisconsin Supreme Court justice invoking restrictive laws historically used to block blacks from participating in elections.
Read More »Assembly OKs bill to allow appeals of injunctions
The Wisconsin Assembly voted along party lines, 60-36, Tuesday in favor of a bill meant to speed up legal challenges made to recently passed state laws.
Read More »Assembly to vote on potential changes to legal challenges
The Wisconsin Assembly is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that seeks to speed up the timeline for a challenged law to make its way through the courts.
Read More »Senate OKs scaled-down injunction bill (UPDATE)
The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would grant the right to appeal rulings blocking state laws.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: A frustrating decision from the Court of Appeals (UPDATE)
In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.
Read More »Lawmakers move to get faster rulings on injunctions appeals (UPDATE)
The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor voted 3-2 Tuesday in favor of a bill that proponents say would force more prompt rulings on appeals of circuit courts’ injunctions.
Read More »Court says police can negotiate deductibles (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's public union restrictions don't prevent Eau Claire County Sheriff's deputies from negotiating over their share of health care deductibles, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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