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UNITED STATES: STATES: WISCONSIN: Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Curbing Unions . . Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Curbing Unions By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Published: May 26, 2011 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/us/27wisconsin.html . .Ruling that Republicans in the State Senate had violated the states open meetings law, a judge in Wisconsin dealt a blow to them and to Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday by granting a permanent injunction striking down a new law curbing collective bargaining rights for many state and local employees.
.Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court said the Senate vote on March 9, coming after 13 Democratic state senators had fled the state, failed to comply with an open meetings law requiring at least two hours notice to the public.
.The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on June 6 , and Republican lawmakers are hoping that the court overturns Judge Sumis ruling and reinstates the law.
.The State Senate could choose simply to pass the bill again while assuring proper notice. But some political experts say there might be some obstacles to re-enacting the vote because some Democrats could conceivably flee the state again, and some Republican Senators are frightened about pending recall elections.
.The law, which generated huge protests in Madison, the state capital, bars public-sector unions, except for police officers and firefighters, from bargaining over health benefits and pensions. The law allows bargaining over wages alone, but does not allow raises higher than the inflation rate unless they are approved in a public referendum.
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