Title: More than they bargained for
Description: "When Wisconsin became the first state in the nation in 1959 to let public employees bargain with their employers, the legislation catalyzed changes to labor laws across the country. In March 2011, when newly elected governor Scott Walker repealed most of that labor law and subsequent ones and then became the first governor in the nation to survive a recall election fifteen months later it sent a different message. Both times, Wisconsin took the lead, first empowering public unions and then weakening them. This book recounts the battle between the Republican governor and the unions."--
Subjects: Politics and government, Protest movements, Collective bargaining, Government employees, Labor movement, History, Collective bargaining, government employees, Wisconsin, politics and government, Labor movement, united states
Places: Wisconsin
Time periods: 21st century