Public-Workers’ Union Regroups After Wisconsin to Plot Comeback

Leaders of the largest U.S. union of government workers this week will choose a new president amid assaults on bargaining rights from statehouses and growing hostility from voters who view their benefits as an unsustainable expense.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees biannual convention begins in Los Angeles less than two weeks after voters in a pair of California cities approved ballot measures to restructure benefits for city workers and, in Wisconsin, rejected a union-led effort to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker.