Wisconsin Right to Work law upheld

Wisconsin Right to Work law upheld

Posted: 7/12/17

Act 10 - Collective Bargaining 2011

02/14/11 Massive riots ranging between 1,000 to 100,000 every day begin in Wisconsin to protest and prevent Act 10 from being voted on and was a large contributing factor leading to the recall vote of Governor Scott Walker. wiki ref, ref2
02/17/11 14 Democrat senators flee to Chicago Illinois to prevent vote on Act 10. wiki ref
03/15/11 The fleeing Senators return. wiki ref
06/16/11 Riots at the state capitol end. wiki ref
06/29/11 Act 10 becomes law stripping collective bargaining. ref
06/05/12 Scott Walker wins recall vote by 6%. ref
09/14/12 Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas rules that Governor Walker and the legislature broke state and U.S. Supreme Court law when they ended collective bargaining through Act 10. ref, ref2, ref3
01/18/13 7th Circuit court of appeals upholds Wisconsin's Act 10 in its entirety.
04/25/13 4th District Court of Appeals asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Act 10 case so as to put legal uncertainties regarding Act 10 to rest. ref, ref2
06/14/13(?) Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear Act 10. ref, ref2, ref3
11/11/13 Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments on Act 10. ref, ref2
07/31/14 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 5–2 to uphold Act 10 in its entirety. ref, ref2, pdf
05/01/15 AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) three chapters in Wisconsin (24, 40, 48) drop in membership from an estimated 63,000 to an estimated below 20,000 as of May 1, 2015. ref. This makes for an estimated drop of 68% since 2011. ref

Act 1 - Right to Work 2015

03/19/15 Dane County Circuit Judge William Foust upholds Wisconsin's right to work law also known as Act 1. ref, ref2
04/08/16 Dane County Circuit Court judge William Foust overturns Wisconsin's Right to Work law (Act 1 not Act 10). ref
09/26/16 U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller upholds Wisconsin's Right to Work law that Dane county judge overturned in April. ref
05/24/17 Wausau state appeals court in Wausau halts Dane County judge William Foust's April ruling that overturned Right to Work law. ref
07/12/17 Three judge 7th Circuit panel upholds Wisconsin's Right to Work law. ref
09/19/17 3rd District Court of Appeals upholds Wisconsin's Right to Work law. ref

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Wisconsin Union membership numbers

2011 - 410,000
2015 - 223,000
2016 - 219,000
2017 - 230,000
2018 - 219,000
2019 - 218,000
2020 - 227,000 ref
2021 - 215,000
2022 - 187,000 ref
2023 - 205,000 ref

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