Seventh Circuit hands unions a hard blow

The federal appellate court upheld the federal trial court's earlier ruling that Wisconsin's new laws, requiring public unions to conduct annual recertification elections.

http://chronicle.com/article/Federal-Court-Upholds/136759/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Here's the underlying decision in the court below:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/judge-rejects-parts-of-wisconsin-law-that-sharply-restricts-collective-bargaining/41881

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/read-the-federal-court-ruling-striking-down-parts-of-walker/html_9533b546-7aa1-11e1-8a55-0019bb2963f4.html

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