Madison, WI- Local nurses and caregivers are applauding a vote by the Health and Human Needs Committee of the Dane County Board of Supervisors on May 26 to crea
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Nurses’ campaign for union voice gets support from Democratic lawmakers, faces uphill battle
Sen. Melissa Agard speaks Thursday at a news conference promoting legislation she and Rep. Lisa Subeck, far right, plan to introduce that would restore collective bargaining rights at UW Health. Nurses and their supporters in the health care system stand behind. (Erik Gunn | Wisconsin Examiner)
Two lawmakers are circulating draft legislation that would restore collective bargaining rights that employees at University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority lost with the passage of Act 10 a decade ago.
The legislation is the latest step in a union organizing campaign by nurses employed by UW Health that launched in late 2019 and has been ramped up again after a year on the sidelines because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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