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Wisconsin public sector unions still losing members

By Sean Higgins
Published August 12, 2014 7:18pm ET
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Wisconsin public sector unions still losing members
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Leadership Council 40, based in Madison, Wis., reported it had just under 32,000 members as recently as 2011, when Gov. Scott Walker introduced his reforms. In a May filing, membership had dwindled to a little more than 13,000, a loss of about 18,000 members in four years. (iStock)

Thousands of Wisconsin public sector workers have dropped their union membership since Gov. Scott Walker‘s reforms have taken effect.

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