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Wis. Union Law Takes Effect

By Sean Cavanagh — July 12, 2011 1 min read
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Wisconsin’s law limiting collective bargaining for teachers and other public workers took effect June 29, a few weeks after the state Supreme Court concluded that lawmakers did not break the state’s open-meeting laws when they approved the measure.

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A version of this article appeared in the July 13, 2011 edition of Education Week as Wis. Union Law Takes Effect

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