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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.
Bill Gives Union Rights to UW Health Staff
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BadgerCare expansion, federal relief funds face legislative fight
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Gov. Evers calls for special session to expand BadgerCare
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday, May 18, announced he is calling a special session to expand BadgerCare and invest the $1 billion in cost savings realized under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into Wisconsin’s economic recovery and more than 50 projects and economic development initiatives across the state.
.@GovEvers calls for a special session to expand BadgerCare. pic.twitter.com/leith7aL44 Emilee Fannon (@Emilee Fannon) May 19, 2021
The governor this morning signed Executive Order #116 calling a special session of the Wisconsin State Legislature to take up LRB-3568 next Tues., May 25, 2021, at 12:00 p.m.