Records show Foxconn, Wisconsin nearing agreement By: Associated Press December 18, 2020
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a third federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate Act 10, the Wisconsin law restricting collective bargaining.
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 and two of its individual members filed a lawsuit that claimed three parts of Act 10 violated their First Amendment rights to free speech and association. Local 139 represents more than 10,000 heavy-equipment operators in the construction industry and nearly 2,500 contractors throughout Wisconsin.
The lawsuit took issue with provisions of Act 10 that made it harder for general-employee unions to retain certification as exclusive bargaining agents, prohibited public-sector employees from collectively bargaining with their general employees over anything except base wages and prohibited public employers from deducting union dues from general empl
Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of Act 10 lawsuit By: Associated Press December 18, 2020
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the dismissal of a First Amendment lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s Act 10.
The court released its decision on Thursday, making this the third challenge to Act 10 to be rejected by the Seventh Circuit.
State lawmakers passed Act 10 in 2011 to limit the collective-bargaining power of state employees who weren’t working in public safety or transit. Among other things, Act 10 made it harder for general-employee unions to retain certification as exclusive bargaining agents, prohibited public-sector employees from collectively bargaining with their general employees over anything except base wages and prohibited public employers from deducting union dues from general employees’ paychecks.