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The TAA, the union for graduate student workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the decision "validates what Wisconsin workers have long known: Act 10 is an attack on the working ...
Reining in the political power of unions was part of the plan behind Act 10, as Scott Fitzgerald, who was the majority leader of the state Senate, made clear at the time.
Wisconsin’s anti-union law has been challenged for years Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed the lawsuit seeking to overturn the anti-union 2011 law ...
Wisconsin is currently divided into 8 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2020 census, the number of Wisconsin's seats remained unchanged. Wisconsin’s congressional districts are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case in favor of the Republican Party.
Now, it appears that union rights could be a major issue in the 2025 contest to replace a retiring liberal justice. “You can make the argument that this race is more important than the race for the Legislature or the governor," said Rick Esenberg, president of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said Wednesday.
The war shattered the traditional alignments within the state's parties. Many progressives joined the stalwarts in supporting Wisconsin's war measures, while many immigrant voters abandoned Wilson's Democratic Party. Loyalty became a prime issue in political campaigns, to the detriment of farmers and others shortchanged by the war.
The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, including: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Four years after Act 10 passed, Republicans approved a right-to-work law that limited the power of private-sector unions. A 2022 analysis by the Wisconsin Policy Forum found that, since 2000, no ...