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Wisconsin Reined in Public Sector Unions. Now Those Reforms Are in Jeopardy.
April 12, 2026 // According to a recent analysis by the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR), Wisconsin has seen the sharpest decline in union membership rates of any state in the country over the past 40 years. While the number of union members has declined nationwide in recent decades as America has transitioned to a more service-based economy, Wisconsin's decrease has been particularly notable, especially since it historically had been one of America's most unionized states. Act 10 played a large role in the drop. Wisconsin's public sector union membership rates saw "by far" the largest decline—at close to 29 percent—of any state, according to CEPR's report. "Wisconsin's steepest losses," the report notes, "coincided with the 2011 passage of Wisconsin Act 10."
UAW group pushing to oust Fain has to restart voting
September 8, 2025 // Among the group’s charges against Fain: financial mismanagement, workplace retaliation, including against two key international leaders, and appointing certain senior staff without adequate backgrounds in the union. Most of the locals that approved the charges represent Stellantis NV plants, which have faced layoffs since the UAW secured historic contracts with the Detroit automakers in 2023 — cuts that the anti-Fain group said should’ve never happened. But recently, the federal monitor overseeing the union after its years-long corruption scandal told the anti-Fain group that they had made a procedural error, said David Pillsbury, a worker at General Motors Co.’s Flint truck plant and one of the group’s organizers.
Funds pour into Anaheim Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava recall election
May 2, 2024 // On Jan. 30, Unite Here Local 11, a union that represents hotel workers in Anaheim, chipped in $30,000 through its own PAC in seeking Rubalcava’s ouster but hasn’t reported any new contributions since council members scheduled the recall election during a February council meeting. The union sponsored a petition against Rubalcava before getting the recall qualified on the ballot.