The Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld Wisconsin’s controversial Act 10 limiting collective bargaining rights for most of the state’s public employees. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-held Wisconsin legislature had passed the law in February of 2011, despite significant protests by Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders. Union leaders challenged the law in federal court, claiming that it was unconstitutional, and the Western District of Wisconsin overturned some provisions of the law and upheld others in a ruling in March 2012. On Jan. 18, the Seventh Circuit reversed portions of the district court’s ruling and upheld the law in its entirety, dismissing all of the union’s arguments.
Seventh Circuit Upholds Controversial Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law
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