Here are some of the bills we’re watching:
Workers First Package
This series of bills is designed to improve the lives of Wisconsin workers. This package would:
- Reinstate collective bargaining for public employees so that Wisconsin workers can have a say in their wages, hours, and conditions of employment;
- Make it easier for Wisconsin workers to organize together;
- Prevent wage discrimination against women and other protected classes;
- Allow local governments to have more of a say on matters of the minimum wage and family medical leave.
Here are details of bills included in the package:
- Bargaining over Wages, Hours, and Conditions of Employment for Public Employees (LRB 4276) Memo
- Prevailing Wage (LRB 239) Memo
- Allowing the Enactment of Family and Medical Leave (LRB 721) Memo
- Local Minimum Wage Ordinances (LRB 734) Memo
- Project Labor Agreements & Public Contracts (LRB 3228) Memo
- Covenants Not to Compete in Employment Contracts (LRB 3971) Memo
- Repealing Wisconsin’s “Right-to-Work” Law (No LBR) Memo
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