Collective Bargaining Rights Restored for WI Public Sector Workers

Almost 14 years later, Act 10, the controversial legislation that triggered the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising, the focus of our film, has been overturned with collective bargaining rights restored for public sector workers!

Act 10 ended the ability of most public-sector unions to negotiate over any issues other than raises, and those raises were capped at the rate of inflation. In addition, unions were required to hold annual elections to maintain their ability to negotiate for those raises. For those elections, they must win a majority of all eligible members, not just those who cast votes.

The measure cut public workers' paychecks and siphoned off most of the strength of their unions.

Public workers earning $50,000 a year saw their take-home pay shrink by about 8.5% because they had to pay more for their benefits, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau at the time.

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