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| Rift widens as prison guards try to form new union |
| By wiscnews.com - Steven Verberg |
| Published: 12/03/2012 |
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WISCONSIN Correction officers at Waupun Correctional and their supporters walked with protest signs at the prison for three hours in this March 2012 file photo. Dan Meehan, right, was president of local 18 at WCI. He has since lost his seat and is part of a move away from the Wisconsin State Employees Union. Enlarge Photo State prison guards are trying to break away from the Wisconsin State Employees Union in a bitter fight over election setbacks, discontent with labor leaders, and anger about working conditions after 17 months under a state law that all but eliminated public sector union rights. If the guards succeed, it would be another blow to WSEU, one of a half-dozen major public employee unions still reeling from Act 10, the 2011 labor law that prohibited almost all collective bargaining and banned automatic dues collections. WSEU director Marty Beil said the guards are in for a rude awakening if they succeed in their plan to form an independent union with lower dues and a smaller staff, because they would lack sufficient resources to serve members. Read More. |
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