UW nurses' union appeals ruling that the union doesn't have to be recognized legally
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Nurses and supporters gather to celebrate a union victory for UW Health nurses at the Madison Union Temple in September. The nurses' union plans to appeal a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission ruling that said UW Health is not covered by the Employment Peace Act because it is not explicitly named in the law.
The UW Health nurses’ union is arguing a state agency erred in its decision last month and failed to consider “undisputed facts” before ruling the hospital didn’t legally have to recognize the union.
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I also focused again on the opioid overdose epidemic, which resulted in a record 1,427 deaths in Wisconsin in 2021. Stories about a young woman who got a liver transplant as an infant from a little boy and passersby who rescued a father and son from a fiery interstate crash were both heartwarming and heartbreaking.
Nurses and supporters gather to celebrate a union victory for UW Health nurses at the Madison Union Temple in September. The nurses' union plans to appeal a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission ruling that said UW Health is not covered by the Employment Peace Act because it is not explicitly named in the law.
