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A new legal challenge is filed to Act 10’s ban on public sector bargaining rights

A new legal challenge is filed to Act 10’s ban on public sector bargaining rights

by Associated Press | Dec 1, 2023 | EDUCATION POLITICS, LABOR POLITICS, STATE LEGISLATURE

Scott Walker’s signature attack on public education and unions has withstood past challenges. New lawsuit is based on the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit...
A Milwaukee Father and Son on How Union Work Changed Their Lives

A Milwaukee Father and Son on How Union Work Changed Their Lives

by Isabel Soisson | Oct 4, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS

Levar Wilson Sr. knows what a union can provide. The 45-year-old Milwaukee resident has spent the past 22 years working in the skilled trades, working his way up from being a paid apprentice to a union glazier installing aluminum, glass, mirrors, doors, and handrails...
A Career in Wisconsin’s Skilled Trades Changed This Woman’s Life

A Career in Wisconsin’s Skilled Trades Changed This Woman’s Life

by Isabel Soisson | Sep 5, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS

When Lisa Goodman was in her early 40s, she only had about $10,000 saved for retirement. She’d earned a bachelor’s degree and her master’s from the UW system and had spent her professional life working various jobs: for a conservation nonprofit; in the paddlesports...
Millions More Workers Would Get Overtime Pay Under New Biden Plan

Millions More Workers Would Get Overtime Pay Under New Biden Plan

by Isabel Soisson | Aug 31, 2023 | NATIONAL POLITICS, POLITICS

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would make 3.6 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay.  The new proposal from the US Department of Labor would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in...
Her Summer Construction Job Became a Career—Now She’s Recruiting More Women Into the Field

Her Summer Construction Job Became a Career—Now She’s Recruiting More Women Into the Field

by Isabel Soisson | Jul 31, 2023 | LABOR POLITICS, POLITICS

Kilah Engelke first learned about cement masonry from her stepfather. After working for years building roads, he served as an estimator for a heavy highway company, calculating the cost of projects, and was able to get Engelke work on job sites as a way to pay for...
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