Judge blocks Wisconsin law curbing labor rights By Michael A. Fletcher, Friday, March 18, 2:14 PM
A Wisconsin judge issued an order Friday temporarily blocking implementation of a law that would severely restrict collective bargaining rights for most public employees in the state.
Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a restraining order that stops publication of the law signed last week by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Governor Walker (R). Halting that procedural step has the effect of blocking the law, which would go into effect once it is formally published.
The judges order came after Dane Countys Democratic District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed suit alleging that a joint committee of the legislature violated the states open meeting law when it abruptly called a session to facilitate the laws passage last week.
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