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However, Wisconsin Attorney General Van Hollen sued, and a federal court of appeals overturned the ruling on January 18, 2013. [54] [55] On September 14, 2012, Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled that a section of the budget repair bill was unconstitutional, leaving the law in force for state workers but not for city, county and school ...
After passage of a collective bargaining law for public employees, it evolved into a pro-active teachers union and in 1972 changed its name to the Wisconsin Education Association Council. Later, WEAC expanded its membership to education support staff, as well as UW, technical college and State of Wisconsin education and information professionals.
The Milwaukee School Board asked its teachers union for a side agreement requiring teachers to contribute 5.8% of their pay toward pensions, as the teachers union contract extends through 2013. The pension contribution would have saved about $20 million and 200 jobs, however the union rejected the concession.
If, starting in 2012, the median teacher pay had increased at the rate of inflation every year, it would be $68,000 today, or $8,500 higher than it currently is.
The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million ...
An agency shop, in which employees must pay the equivalent of the cost of union representation, but need not formally join the union. An open shop, in which an employee cannot be compelled to join or pay the equivalent of dues to a union or be fired for joining the union. [12]
In the fall, the daylight saving time period usually ends and our clocks are set back to standard time again. During the "fall back" we gain one hour, so the day of the transition is 25 hours long ...
Union Town Hall in Rock County, Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, a town is an unincorporated jurisdiction within a county; Wisconsin towns are thus similar to civil townships in most other states. All residents of Wisconsin who do not live in a city or village live in a town. Towns provide a limited number of services to their residents.