Pro-union legislation passed by the Wisconsin legislature and signed by Gov. Jim Doyle sweeps 3,200 research assistants at the state university into what proponents anticipate will be a card-check system of unionization. In addition, unions are pushing for something called "unit clarification" which if successful could corral thousands of university employees into collective bargaining just by redefining the scope of bargaining units. Donald Downs of UW-Madison explains in a post for the Manhattan Institute's Minding the Campus.
"Card check comes to campus"
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Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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