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How The PHX Sky Train Has Transformed America's Friendliest AirportWisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law that sparked weeks of protests and made the state the center of the national battle over union rights. That law, known as Act 10, effectively ended the ability of most public employees to bargain for wage increases and other issues, and forced them to pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits. Under the ruling by Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost, all public sector workers who lost their collective bargaining power would have it restored to what was in place prior to 2011. They would be treated the same as the police, firefighter and other public safety unions that were exempted under the law. Republicans vowed to immediately appeal the ruling, which ultimately is likely to go before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That only amplifies the importance of the April election that will determine whether the court remains controlled 4-3 by liberal justices . Former Gov. Scott Walker, who proposed the law that catapulted him onto the national political stage, decried the ruling in a post on the social media platform X as "brazen political activism." He said it makes the state Supreme Court election "that much more important." Supporters of the law have said it provided local governments more control over workers and the powers they needed to cut costs. Repealing the law, which allowed schools and local governments to raise money through higher employee contributions for benefits, would bankrupt those entities, backers of Act 10 have argued. Democratic opponents argue that the law has hurt schools and other government agencies by taking away the ability of employees to collectively bargain for their pay and working conditions. The law was proposed by Walker and enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature in spite of massive protests that went on for weeks and drew as many as 100,000 people to the Capitol. The law has withstood numerous legal challenges over the years, but this was the first brought since the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to liberal control in 2023. The seven unions and three union leaders that brought the lawsuit argued that the law should be struck down because it creates unconstitutional exemptions for firefighters and other public safety workers. Attorneys for the Legislature and state agencies countered that the exemptions are legal, have already been upheld by other courts, and that the case should be dismissed. But Frost sided with the unions in July, saying the law violates equal protection guarantees in the Wisconsin Constitution by dividing public employees into "general" and "public safety" employees. He ruled that general employee unions, like those representing teachers, can not be treated differently from public safety unions that were exempt from the law. His ruling Monday delineated the dozens of specific provisions in the law that must be struck. Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he looked forward to appealing the ruling. "This lawsuit came more than a decade after Act 10 became law and after many courts rejected the same meritless legal challenges," Vos said in a statement. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state's largest business lobbying organization, also decried the ruling. WMC President Kurt Bauer called Act 10 "a critical tool for policymakers and elected officials to balance budgets and find taxpayer savings." The Legislature said in court filings that arguments made in the current case were rejected in 2014 by the state Supreme Court. The only change since that ruling is the makeup of Wisconsin Supreme Court, attorneys for the Legislature argued. The Act 10 law effectively ended collective bargaining for most public unions by allowing them to bargain solely over base wage increases no greater than inflation. It also disallowed the automatic withdrawal of union dues, required annual recertification votes for unions, and forced public workers to pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits. The law was the signature legislative achievement of Walker, who was targeted for a recall election he won. Walker used his fights with unions to mount an unsuccessful presidential run in 2016. Frost, the judge who issued Monday's ruling, appeared to have signed the petition to recall Walker from office. None of the attorneys sought his removal from the case and he did not step down. Frost was appointed to the bench by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who signed the Walker recall petition. The law has also led to a dramatic decrease in union membership across the state. The nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum said in a 2022 analysis that since 2000, Wisconsin had the largest decline in the proportion of its workforce that is unionized. In 2015, the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature approved a right-to-work law that limited the power of private-sector unions. Public sector unions that brought the lawsuit are the Abbotsford Education Association; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Locals 47 and 1215; the Beaver Dam Education Association; SEIU Wisconsin; the Teaching Assistants' Association Local 3220 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 695.
NoneUBS starts coverage on gov service providers stock amid spending uncertaintyOpposition Leader Peter Dutton had confirmed he would only display the Australian flag as prime minister, as he has in opposition, opting not to replicate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trio of the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. Speaking to Peta Credlin on Sky News last night, Dutton said he was “very strongly of the belief” that we should be “united under one flag”. Peter Dutton. Credit: AFR “We’re asking people to identify with different flags, no other country does that,” Dutton said. “We are dividing our country unnecessarily.” Dutton concluded that while we should have respect for the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander flags, they are “not our national flags”. Asked about Dutton’s confirmation on Nine’s Today this morning, Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said he was “trying to get a headline”. “I think we can take a lot of pride in our history and the future of this country,” she said. “I think this is Peter Dutton just doing what he knows how to do best. Try and get a headline with no substance, no real policies about, for example, tackling cost of living or things that really matter to the Australian people.” Also speaking to Today , Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said Australians “want to be united as one”. “I’m excited to be part of a future Dutton government if we get that great privilege. And to restore the primacy of the Australian flag.” Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has weighed in on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to play tennis in Perth on Saturday, as he faced criticism for taking to the court a day after the Adass Israel synagogue firebombing. Albanese was in Perth when the terror attack took place on Friday, where he remained through the weekend before returning to Canberra. On Monday, the PM defended the tennis match, saying that after he concluded six appointments on Saturday, including a private visit to a synagogue, he “did some exercise”. A social media photo showing Anthony Albanese playing tennis in Perth. “That’s what people do,” he said. Dutton came to the PM’s defence when he was asked about the tennis match on radio this morning. “I think the prime minister deserves some downtime, he’s got a busy job and deserves some time with his family and friends,” Dutton said. “I don’t begrudge him that.” But Dutton criticised Albanese for being slow in “calling this out as a terrorist attack”. “I think the prime minister has been trying to win Green votes in inner-city Melbourne and Sydney, and I think he’s taken a decision, a very deliberate decision, to hedge his bets when it comes to Israel and the Jewish community,” he said. “I think it’s divided our country.” A police operation to clamp down on illegal electric motorbike use has been bestowed with what might be the quirkiest name of 2024. With echoes of Boaty McBoatface , Operation Zappo Stoppie is tasked with reducing the illegal use of unregistered electric bikes in the Noosa area. A 58-year-old Sunshine Beach man was fined this week for allegedly allowing his teenage children to ride unregistered vehicles after a previous warning. Under Operation Zappo Stoppie, police have charged 24 people, completed 27 street checks, warned 31 children, issued eight infringements and impounded three bikes. “The rules around the use of a motorbike doesn’t change, regardless of if it’s powered by petrol or an electric battery,” Noosa Heads Senior Constables Danny Baker said in a statement. “We will continue with enforcement activities like Operation Zappo Stoppie.” Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had confirmed he would only display the Australian flag as prime minister, as he has in opposition, opting not to replicate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trio of the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. Speaking to Peta Credlin on Sky News last night, Dutton said he was “very strongly of the belief” that we should be “united under one flag”. Peter Dutton. Credit: AFR “We’re asking people to identify with different flags, no other country does that,” Dutton said. “We are dividing our country unnecessarily.” Dutton concluded that while we should have respect for the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander flags, they are “not our national flags”. Asked about Dutton’s confirmation on Nine’s Today this morning, Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said he was “trying to get a headline”. “I think we can take a lot of pride in our history and the future of this country,” she said. “I think this is Peter Dutton just doing what he knows how to do best. Try and get a headline with no substance, no real policies about, for example, tackling cost of living or things that really matter to the Australian people.” Also speaking to Today , Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said Australians “want to be united as one”. “I’m excited to be part of a future Dutton government if we get that great privilege. And to restore the primacy of the Australian flag.” A trio wanted over the attack on a synagogue remain on the run, as the Joint Counter Terror Team takes over the investigation into Friday’s arson at the Adass Israel Synagogue at Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east. Authorities declared the fire a likely terror attack on Monday and confirmed investigators were looking for three suspects, but would not give details on who the attackers might be. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the antisemitism task force on Monday. Credit: AAPIMAGE Monday’s terror declaration opens up a raft of extra powers for investigators including the ability to stop, search and seize people without a warrant as well as detain and question those they believe have knowledge of, or links to, the attack. The JCTT is made up of state and federal police and ASIO officers. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also declared a federal taskforce to investigate acts of antisemitism in recent months. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says her government is looking at introducing laws to protect people at places of worship from protesters, similar to the state’s laws for abortion clinics. The community has vowed to rebuild the synagogue, built by Holocaust survivors, after Torahs, books and papers were destroyed by fire and water, and walls inside the building collapsed. Read more about the investigation here. Along with the mugginess in Brisbane since the weekend, we’re expecting a high chance of showers today. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a 80 per cent of showers, most likely from late this morning. The mercury should reach 28 degrees today, a maximum it’s predicted to hit – give or take a few degrees – every day for the rest of the week. Here’s the seven-day outlook: Stories making the rounds beyond Brisbane this morning include: Police have taken Luigi Mangione into custody over the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Credit: Luigi Mangione The man suspected of killing a UnitedHealth executive in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel last week has been arrested . The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was spotted at a McDonald’s by someone who believed he resembled the gunman. The Coalition is standing by its stated goal of reducing permanent migration after scrapping a separate pledge to cut the number of net arrivals to 160,000 a year, as an exclusive survey shows strong majority support for a lower intake. Rupert Murdoch with children Elisabeth, Lachlan and James. Credit: Jamie Brown A Nevada commissioner has ruled against Rupert Murdoch’s bid to change his family trust to consolidate control of his media empire in the hands of his son Lachlan. Jews around the world will be warned about the risk of antisemitic attacks when visiting Australia under a travel advisory issued by a US-based Jewish human rights organisation following the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue by suspected terrorists. Forty Australian women and children trapped in a detention camp in Syria say the conditions on the ground in the war-torn country are deteriorating and they fear the chaos that might follow the overthrow of the central government. Good morning, thanks for joining us for Brisbane Times’ live news blog. It’s Tuesday, December 10, and we’re expecting showers today and a top temperature of 28 degrees. In this morning’s local headlines: As the Kangaroo Point Bridge opens this weekend and ferry services from Mowbray Park return, those hoping for a riverside bike and walking path all the way to East Brisbane will be left waiting , documents obtained by this masthead reveal. An Instagram influencer has admitted in Brisbane Magistrates Court to using her job at a government health agency to help a drug dealer obtain mobile phones through identity theft . MPs elevated to chair Queensland parliamentary committees may get less attention than ministers or opposition frontbenchers, but they wield a lot of influence, and enjoy a $64,364 boost to their $183,985 base salary . So far, this summer has been much stickier than usual. Escaping the heat and humidity has not been easy, with many relying on running their air-conditioners day and night. So what’s causing it? And Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser is recovering in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a fall at her home on the Sunshine Coast.
Ingram Micro Takes Strategic Action to Position Company for Long-Term GrowthThe No. 4 Duke Blue Devils are on a roll, bouncing back from early season losses to Kansas and Kentucky. They are now thriving, with true freshman Cooper Flagg leading the charge. Flagg has been one of the most talked-about athletes in sports since his high school senior year and is already projected by many to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. His unique skill set, which includes scoring from all three levels offensively and playing elite defense, has impressed scouts and fans alike. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.