Act 10, an Act of the People?

Act 10, which passed in 2011, eliminated collective bargaining rights for public employees and repealed provisions for school districts.

Labor membership in Wisconsin has fallen dramatically since then, with the sharpest decrease in the nation over the last decade. As of 2021, Wisconsin reached a new low in union membership, just shy of 8% of the total workforce.

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos recently said he hoped the Wisconsin Supreme Court would not relitigate conservative reforms like Act 10 and right to work, which stamped out collective bargaining rights for public employee unions in the state. Delafield-based Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) in April asked the Wisconsin Legislature to “enshrine” the controversial laws into the Wisconsin Constitution in the form of a constitutional amendment.

Read more of a conservative group's as well as Robin Vos's plans for Wisconsin, and what it could mean for unions in the state HERE