by Ron DeLord | Dec 5, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Memorial, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
A couple weeks before the Nov. 8 election, 10 Milwaukee public school teachers staffed the phone bank at their union office with two goals in mind. Both involved winning. The first aim was to help Democrat Russ Feingold regain the U.S. Senate seat he lost in the...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Some of the proposals coming out of the Walker administration make one wonder if the administration is throwing stuff at the wall just to see if it will stick. That certainly seems to be the case with the 17% raise proposed for state troopers. The proposed huge raise...
by rondelord | Sep 21, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Wisconsin Counties Association is not an “authority” subject to the state’s open records law. The decision affirms a Dane County circuit judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit by the Wisconsin...