Posted on 06/15/2011 1:33:34 PM PDT by Jean S
Madison - One day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of collective-bargaining legislation that potentially affects thousands of public-sector employees, a coalition of unions filed suit in federal court seeking to block it.
The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO on Wednesday joined a number of other unions seeking to halt Gov. Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining legislation.
The groups include the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 24, AFSCME Council 40, AFSCME Council 48, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), the Wisconsin State Employees Union, The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO and the Service Emplloyees International Union – Health Care Wisconsin (SEIU).
In a statement, the groups said they filed the suit because the collective-bargaining legislation "denies hundreds of thousands of public employees their right to collectively bargain for a better life. The groups challenge the constitutionality of the state’s Budget Repair Bill which would destroy collective bargaining rights for all but a select group of public sector workers."
The suit, filed in the Western District of Wisconsin, says the legislation violates the 1st and 14th amendments "by stripping away basic rights to bargain, organize and associate for the purpose of engaging in union activity, which have been in place for the last half century."
The case was assigned to Federal Judge William M. Conley
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Not if they find a leftist judge (most are) who violates his oath of office by ignoring our Constitution.
Yep, they were definitely judge shopping.
Laughable lawsuit. Borderline sanctionable.
What about all the right to work states? ;-)
I was just thinking of that. Perhaps the Legislature and the Governor should up the ante and pass legislation making Wisconsin a right to work state too.
I used to think that ,too.
I guess we need re-education.
And the tantrum continues.
From the article:
The case was assigned to Federal Judge William M. Conley. Conley is an appointee of President Barack Obama.
The Obama Feds will interfere any damn where they want.
It’s their money, sort of...
Do you mean the way that the Feds aren't interfering with the amendment to California's constitution known a Proposition 8?
Oh, wait...
And they damn well know it; so a new question begs; what are the unions currently up to that they need this stalling tactic?
Unions are like dead Democrat voters, they keep coming back and won’t rest in peace.
What about collective bargaining rights? Don’t unions have special constitutional rights to:
1. Force public sector workers to join unions.
2. Force the state to act as collection agency to collect union dues.
3. Grant monopolies to teacher’s unions to sell overpriced, no-bid health insurance to school districts.
Those rights have to be somewhere in that living breathing US Constitution.
Surprised BO’s NLRB clown isn’t weighing in on this one yet.
LOL!
A Federal Court case was inevitable.
I agree. Must be a publicity stunt.
Like Ms. Sherrod suing Breitbart.
We all know she doesn't dare reach the discovery stage or her over-stuffed goose is cooked.
Federal law is limited to whether the state can prevent them from organizing.
On October 29, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Conley to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
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