A Wisconsin Circuit Court’s ruling involving public sector bargaining rights has intensified the stakes for the state’s Supreme Court election in 2025. The judge ruled Act 10 is unconstitutional because it treats different groups of …
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What to know about Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law for public workers
A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers and most state government employees has rekindled a battle over labor rights in a state where the first public sector unions …
Professor Childers named Faculty in Residence for UW in Florence program
Professor Michael Childers was recently selected for the prestigious Faculty in Residence position with the University of Wisconsin in Florence program. This program, offered by the UW–Madison International Academic Program, focuses on European and Italian …
UW Professor says Automation a Big Part of Longshoremen’s Strike
A UW Madison professor says the threat of job losses due to automation is a big part of the East Coast longshoremen’s strike. Michael Childers says the two sides aren’t really far apart. “I think …
Port worker strike expected to impact Wisconsin
Wisconsin grocery shoppers should not see an immediate impact from the longshoremen’s strike, but experts say it’s only a matter of time. Michael Childers teaches labor relations at the UW-Madison School of Business. In an …
Dr. Childers selected in Seventh Cohort of Morgridge Fellows
School for Workers Professor Michael Childers was recently selected as a Morgridge Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Fifteen faculty and campus members were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning …
A judge ruled parts of Act 10 are unconstitutional. What comes next
A Dane County judge ruled Wednesday that parts of the state’s Act 10 law are unconstitutional… “This finding — if it was allowed to stand — would, in essence, remove the changes to collective bargaining …
Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights is back in court on Tuesday, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state’s …
Act 10 is back in court. Here are the stakes for Wisconsin unions
In a Dane County court hearing Tuesday, the state sought to dismiss a lawsuit from public employee unions challenging Act 10, which limits their power. Childers, the UW-Madison professor, noted that undoing Act 10 could …
Federal rule banning noncompete agreements could give Wisconsinites more job mobility
A new federal rule could give Wisconsin workers more mobility in the labor market, but it faces legal challenges from business groups. Michael Childers, a labor education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said noncompete …