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TexasTowelie

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Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:21 AM Feb 2017

Wisconsin Senate approves bill to end required project labor agreements

MADISON - State senators on Wednesday approved a bill preventing local governments from requiring contractors to work with unions on taxpayer-funded building projects.

Senators also approved a bill making it easier to obtain a drug derived from marijuana.

The bill on labor agreements is the latest in a series of moves against unions by Republican lawmakers in recent years.

Project labor agreements establish wages and other conditions for certain projects. Republicans were critical of the agreements put in place last year for plans to build a $500 million arena for the Milwaukee Bucks that is being partially funded by taxpayers.

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/08/wisconsin-senate-vote-end-labor-agreements-major-projects-wednesday/97620172/

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Wisconsin Senate approves bill to end required project labor agreements (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
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