Due to a recent court decision that creates serious constitutional concerns regarding the First Amendment and compelled speech, WILL filed a new motion to intervene in defense of Act 10 .
Before Act 10, Wisconsin law forced non-union members to make what are called “fair-share” payments to support the collective bargaining work of the union. Act 10 eliminated those provisions of state law. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court found those “fair-share” payments to be unconstitutional. As part of the circuit court’s decision and order in this case, those sections of Act 10 were struck, returning state law to its unconstitutional past.
Lucas Vebber, WILL Deputy Counsel, stated, “Not only has Act 10 survived more than a decade of state and federal court challenges, but it set a national precedent for protecting taxpayers and public employees everywhere. The recent decision effectively rolls Wisconsin law back to pre-Act 10, and that law violates the First Amendment.”
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