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Wisconsin Unions Get (Temporary?) Reprieve
A Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a controversial law from going into effect that would severely restrict collective-bargaining rights for most public employees in the state. The judges order came after Dane Countys Democratic District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed a suit alleging that a joint committee of the legislature violated the states open meeting law when it abruptly called a session to get the measure passed last week. The judges ruling does not speak to the legal merits of the law but says that the suit over the session has to be completed before the law can move forward. Since the laws enactment, protesters have made fervent efforts to recall Republican state senators who supported it, while proponents have mounted recall efforts against the Democratic senators who left Wisconsin to block the vote. Ahhh, democracy at work! Maybe it's better to go the Costa Mesa route and lay off half the union workers to balance the budget. Posted by: Bobby 2011-03-21 |
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