Of 156 local teachers unions in school districts that did not extend a collective bargaining agreement for this year, only 12 did not file with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission to hold votes later this fall.
“That’s a very high number, higher than I would have anticipated,” said John Witte, a UW-Madison political science professor who studies education issues in Wisconsin. “It very clearly shows that the teachers are not giving up on their unions at this point.”
….The districts without contracts are more likely to have higher property wealth per student and lower student poverty and be located in the more politically conservative Milwaukee suburbs, according to an analysis by UW-Madison economist Andrew Reschovsky.