State Sen. Dave Hansen plans to introduce a bill that would extend collective bargaining rights to University of Wisconsin faculty and academic staff and include flexibility that could resolve concerns about a previous plan.
The majority of public- and private-sector employees in Wisconsin have the right to vote on whether they would like to be represented by a union, and the Green Bay Democrat hopes to extend that right to UW faculty — including professors and faculty who are supervisors or managers — and staff who are professional and administrative personnel. Civil service classified staff are already unionized.