19 Teachers Unions Disband in Wisconsin

Published December 19, 2013 10:34pm ET



Teachers unions in nineteen different Wisconsin school districts failed to achieve recertification during annual elections that ended Thursday, according to the MacIver Institute.

Under Act 10, the Wisconsin law signed by Governor Scott Walker that reformed collective bargaining for public sector unions, each union is required to get the support of a majority of its members–not simply a majority of those casting votes–in order to maintain certification each year.

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