by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Mar 29, 2012 | Aaron Halstead, Labor Law, News and Victories, Timothy Hawks
On March 23, 2012, Attorneys Aaron Halstead and Timothy Hawks filed a declaratory judgment action in Dane County Circuit Court on behalf of AFSCME, Local 60, members employed in the City of Monona’s library bargaining unit. The lawsuit alleges that the Library Board...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Feb 10, 2012 | Aaron Halstead, Labor Law, News and Victories
On January 6, 2012, Arbitrator Stanley Michelstetter issued an Arbitration Award in favor of AFSCME Local 995, overturning Columbia County’s termination of Highway Department employee Tommy Jones. Jones, a long-term employee of the County, had been fired for allegedly...
by Barbara Zack Quindel | Dec 2, 2011 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Labor Law
It is illegal for a private-sector employer to prohibit employees from discussing or taking action together regarding their wages, benefits, or working conditions under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). For example, workers who were fired for: · discussing...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Nov 1, 2011 | Jeffrey Sweetland, Labor Law, News and Victories, Timothy Hawks
Local 1963, International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin (PFFW) successfully sued the City of Greenfield for a temporary restraining order. The City had scheduled a vote by the Common Council to adopt a...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Oct 7, 2011 | Labor Law, News and Victories, Timothy Hawks
The City of Greenfield threatened to vote on October 4, 2011 on an insurance plan that would have required its firefighters to pay as much as $40,000 a year toward the cost of their health care, ostensibly as a result of the City’s perceived right to avoid...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Oct 6, 2011 | Aaron Halstead, David Zoeller, Labor Law, News and Victories
Judge Gerald White, of Washburn County, recently held that the State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) method of calculating overpayments for child care providers is unreasonable. Hawks Quindel, on behalf of AFSCME District Council 40,...
