U.S. District Judge William M. Conley:
“So long as the State of Wisconsin continues to afford ordinary certification and dues deductions to mandatory public safety unions with sweeping bargaining rights, there is no rational basis to deny those rights to voluntary general unions with severely restricted bargaining rights,”
As I understand it, Judge Conley’s decision means the state must re-implement automatic collection of union dues for those bargaining units affected by Act 10. I believe Judge Conley’s decision also means those same bargaining units will be allowed to recertify under the same rules that apply to bargaining units unaffected by Act 10, meaning the unions can recertify if a majority of those who voted vote in favor of recertifying, as opposed to needing a majority of all union members.
You can read Judge Wiliam Conley’s decision in its entirety HERE.
Isn’t the flip side of the coin, they remove the collective bargaining rights of police and fire unions?
You’d have to be pretty stupid to think you could get away with something like that without …. oh wait.
Nevermind.
Not without a State Senate majority they don’t.