Despite opposition to right-to-work legislation from several hundred construction contractors, building trades unions won’t be able to postpone the effects of an open-shop law in Wisconsin by extending contracts with employers, a top union official said.
Building trades unions unlikely to extend contracts ahead of right-to-work bill
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International Union of Operating Engineers members Kevin Flynn, left, and Knut Lombard, join workers at a rally outside the state Capitol as lawmakers considered a right-to-work bill inside.
Displaying an American flag he contends was damaged in a previous altercation with Wisconsin State Capitol police, a protester joins labor workers in a rally in the rotunda of the state Capitol as legislators consider a proposed right-to-work bill Tuesday.
A sign on a door of the state Capitol lists items prohibited in the building as labor rallies commence ahead of proposed right-to-work legislation Tuesday.
Gov. Scott Walker has said he will sign the bill into law on Monday, making Wisconsin the 25th state to adopt such a law.
Gov. Scott Walker says he will sign the bill into law on Monday. Unions talk about ways to prevent erosion of dues.
A state Senate committee shut down early and voted to send a controversial right-to-work bill to the full Senate, setting up another contentio…
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The rotunda of the state Capitol was the scene of a rally Tuesday as state legislators held hearings on a proposed right-to-work bill.
Gov. Scott Walker said Friday he would sign right-to-work legislation that Republicans plan to fast-track through the state Legislature beginn…
