The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Union leaders are asking Democratic candidates for governor to veto the next state budget if it doesn’t restore collective bargaining for public workers and at least one leading candidate – Kathleen Falk – has agreed, participants in the private meetings say.
The plan, which could bring state government to a halt if it doesn’t succeed, is a key strategy that union leaders are considering for undoing Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal last year of most collective bargaining for public employees. Falk, the former Dane County executive, has committed to restoring collective bargaining in the next state budget and vetoing the budget if those provisions come out, while at least one other potential candidate has declined.
