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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Uh, this won’t fly. The feds can’t interfere with states internal government...............
These maniacs never give up until they find someone that is as rotten as them to rule in their favor. Same way with the recounts, they never give up until they are able to mfg the number of ballots needed to win.
The rule of law means nothing in the United States any longer.
The unions are all-in now.
>>The feds can’t interfere with states internal government...<<
I agree. Must be a publicity stunt.
Worth watching . It will be interesting to see if they can find a District judge to agree the power of public employees to collectively bargain every aspect of their employment is a fundamental right. It should be big news to the Federal employees who do not have that power.
>>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.”<<
This is comical! :-D
What about all the right to work states? ;-)
You can personally bargain for a better life. Called FINDING ANOTHER POSITION OUTSIDE STATE WORK
Perhaps you remember the 2000 election?
Pardon me while I laugh so hard I cough up a lung. They've been doing exactly that for over 65 years.
Judge William M. Conley, Appointed March 25, 2010 by Barack Obama.
Any bets which way he’ll rule? Didn’t think so. This too will be heading to the SCOTUS.
Judge Conley is Obama appointee.
Judge Conley is Obama appointee.
Hahaha, you're funny! But...
"...denies hundreds of thousands of public employees their right to collectively bargain for a better life..."
There's no way the court is going to say they're right because it would effectively establish a minimum level of collective bargaining privileges for government workers. This level, the former Wisconsin level, is far higher than what federal employees get by law. Under equal protection, the federal employees would then be entitled to Wisconsin-level privileges. Even Obama doesn't want that.
This is going to go on for years.
It seems to me that Walker should start the layoffs, 2000 at a time.
Because as we all know, laws are made by judges, not by elected legislatures. /sarcasm
And that is exactly what they got.
The case was assigned to Federal Judge William M. Conley
On October 29, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Conley to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
What are the chances that this case was "assigned" on a random basis? None I suspect.
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