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    Act 10 Savings Tops $15 Billion Since 2011

    March 27, 2022 // Before the unions convince you that contributing 12.6% towards health insurance is an unfair and undue burden, think about this. A state employee in Wisconsin pays $2,952 a year for the regular family plan with dental. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual worker premium contribution is $6,015 a year. State employees pay roughly half of what the average taxpayer pays for health insurance and the state employee is receiving platinum coverage for that reasonable amount.

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    STRIKE UPDATE: Teamsters’ Canadian Pacific Rail Strike That Threatened Supply Chain Is Over

    March 23, 2022 // The parties have agreed to binding arbitration to settle outstanding issues.

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    Canada’s CP Rail Shuts Down Railroad, Workers Strike

    March 21, 2022 // Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) halted operations and locked out workers over a labor dispute early on Sunday, with each side blaming the other for a halt that will likely disrupt shipment of key commodities at a time of soaring prices.

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    News Article ● Strike Unions

    Canada, U.S. shippers brace for possible CP Rail strike, latest supply-chain disruption

    March 19, 2022 // Numerous U.S. farm industry groups wrote a joint letter to President Joe Biden this month asking him and the Canadian government to avert a strike.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    With campaign workers unionizing more often, former staffers recall effort on Pete Buttigieg campaign

    March 9, 2022 // Cedar Rapids-based International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case, who is currently helping to organize members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the labor movement is pressuring candidates to improve the lives of their workers. Otherwise, he said, those candidates risk losing the union vote.

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    News Article ● Strike

    West Seattle Bridge repairs delayed amid worker strike

    February 22, 2022 // It is not what people wanted to hear, but it appears there will be a delay when it comes to repairing the West Seattle Bridge as concrete workers are still on strike.

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    Golden Gate Transit bus operators vote to authorize strike

    January 24, 2022 //

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