The unions that won a circuit court ruling to overturn Wisconsin’s Act 10, the 2011 law stripping most public employees’ collective bargaining rights, are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reinstate that ruling after an appeals court reversed the lower court. The plaintiffs filed their state Supreme Court appeal Monday. They include unions affiliated with […]

In a 2-1 decision, Wisconsin’s 2nd District Court of Appeals overturned a previous Dane County Circuit Court ruling that found Act 10, the controversial 2011 law that severely restricted the collective bargaining rights of most public employees, unconstitutional.  In late 2024, Dane County Judge Jacob Frost ruled that the law violates the state constitution’s equal […]

The union election of nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison was certified Wednesday after a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board overruled the objections of the hospital’s parent company, SSM Health.  On June 11, nurses at the hospital voted 89% to form a union. It was the largest representation election in Wisconsin […]