I stumbled across this article and was surprised I hadn't heard this news more widely reported even by conservative outlets. It is very good news in my opinion.
The article says "Numbers of public sector unions in Wisconsin collapsed in the wake of an historic vote that ended on Thursday. The unions are acutely feeling the impact of Act 10, Governor Scott Walker’s controversy-generating collective bargaining reforms of 2011. The reforms require public sector unions to hold annual recertification votes. In order to be certified as unions by the state, the labor groups must get the approval of over 50% of their members.
For several weeks now the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission has been holding an open and ongoing vote for over 400 unions, mostly made up of public school teachers and support staff. The result of each union’s election was made public late Thursday afternoon. What emerged was not a pretty picture for the state’s public sector labor movement.
According to a preliminary count, a total of over 5,500 union members have walked away from a labor union in this round of recertification elections."
It goes on to explain why this is of such importance.
