A Wisconsin appeals court has reversed a lower-court ruling that struck down the state’s landmark 2011 law curbing public-employee collective bargaining, setting up a likely showdown before a liberal-majority state Supreme Court poised to tilt even further left.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost’s December 2024 decision that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, the Associated Press reported. The ruling means Act 10, the signature achievement of former Gov. Scott Walker, remains the law in Wisconsin, at least for now. Seven unions and three union leaders brought the lawsuit challenging the statute, and they are expected to appeal to the state’s highest court.
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