Unions Heading to Court To Try To Overturn Wisconsin’s Ban on Collective Bargaining
Republicans say the case was brought by ‘liberal special interest groups’ seeking ‘“to please their donors.’”
A Wisconsin court is set to hear arguments Tuesday over the state’s near total elimination of collective bargaining rights for public employees back in 2011, with unions and organized labor seeking to overturn the ban and state Republicans defending it.
Under the leadership of the then-recently elected governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, state Republicans pushed through legislation banning public employees from collectively bargaining over their hours and employment conditions.
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