A Wisconsin court struck down a collective bargaining agreement between
a local school district and their unions for violating the labor reform law
known as Act 10, according to a statement released Friday. Carrie Ann Glembocki
and Kristi LaCroix, two teachers from the Kenosha School District, filed the
lawsuit in 2013 to challenge a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which they
argue violated Wisconsin state law. With legal assistance from the National
Right to Work Foundation (NRTW) and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and
Liberty, the two have won the case.
“The
court grants summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs on their Second Cause
of Action, finding the CBAs entered into by the union defendants during
November of 2013, were contrary to the provisions of Act 10 and are therefore
null and void,” the court’s decision, which was obtained by The Daily Caller
News Foundation, declared last week…… Republicans in the legislature went a step further in the past year
when they passed a law which bans mandatory union dues as a condition of
employment in the state.
“The lawsuit
challenged bargaining agreements between the district and officials from the
Kenosha Education Association union, the SEIU Local 168 union…..“Those
agreements required teachers and other district staff to pay union dues or fees
to keep their jobs”……they were able to come to a settlement with the school
district but had to continue fighting the unions.…..To Read More….
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