Wisconsin Judge To Hold Hearing On Right-To-Work Challenge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison judge is set to hold a hearing on whether to temporarily block Wisconsin's new right-to-work law.

The Wisconsin state AFL-CIO and two local labor unions filed a lawsuit last week arguing the law amounts to an unconstitutional taking of their property because under the statutes workers who don't pay union dues still receive union benefits. They've asked Judge William Faust to issue temporary and permanent injunctions blocking the law.

State attorneys counter the law isn't an unconstitutional taking of union property since it doesn't remove a single penny from union accounts. They also contend challenges to other states' right-to-work laws on the same grounds have failed.

Faust has set a hearing on whether to issue the temporary injunction for Thursday morning.

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