Wisconsin Law Limiting Union Rights Again Put on Hold by Judge

A Wisconsin law meant to limit public employees’ collective-bargaining rights was again blocked by a judge who renewed her temporary order as state officials disagreed over whether the statute was already in force.

Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi yesterday issued a two-page ruling barring “further implementation” of the law after a day of hearings at the state courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin’s capital city. Her previous order was either “misunderstood or ignored,” she said from the bench.