MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Experts disagree over whether making Wisconsin a right-to-work state will improve the economy and help workers. The Senate Labor Committee took testimony Tuesday on the measure that would make it illegal to require private-sector workers to pay union dues. Gordon Lafer, a professor at University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center, says Wisconsin does better than right-to-work states on a variety of measures, including income, poverty levels and violent crime. But Wisconsin Public Research Institute president Mike Nichols says research has shown that passing the law would help the state’s economy.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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