Teachers from one of Wisconsin’s largest unions have
jumped ship -- voting overwhelmingly to abandon the group in the latest in a
string of setbacks for the struggling labor movement following Gov. Scott
Walker’s union overhaul two years ago.
The decision this week to disband by members of the Kenosha Education Association came after the
organization was stripped of its certification and told it had lost its power
to bargain for base wages with the district. The group was decertified after
missing a key deadline in the annual reapplication process. When the group might actually disband was not clear and calls to the organization
were not returned.
The development is
in keeping with an overall downward spiral for Wisconsin’s public worker
unions. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported earlier this year that tens of
thousands of teachers and other government workers have left their unions since
the Walker-backed law took effect……To Read More….
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