One day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of collective-bargaining legislation that potentially affects thousands of public-sector employees, a coalition of unions filed suit in federal court seeking to block it.
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The suit, filed in the Western District of Wisconsin, says the legislation violates the 1st and 14th amendments "by stripping away basic rights to bargain, organize and associate for the purpose of engaging in union activity, which have been in place for the last half century."
The case was assigned to Federal Judge William M. Conley. Conley is an appointee of President Barack Obama.
The unions are asking the federal court to prevent the Walker administration from implementing the legislaton, either on a temporary or permanent basis. And they are asking the court to find the legislation unconstitutional.
Journal Sentinel article: http://www.jsonline.com/...
Text of the suit: http://www.thewheelerreport.com/...
Groups:
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 24
AFSCME Council 40
AFSCME Council 48
American Federation of Teachers (AFT),
Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
Wisconsin State Employees Union (WSEU)
The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union – Health Care Wisconsin (SEIU).
So another front has opened up on the fight to regain Collective Bargaining.
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