MADISON, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) The Wisconsin Assembly will be asked today to ratify one-percent pay raises for members of two labor unions. The Building Trades Negotiating Committee and the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association negotiated deals for the current fiscal year under the Act-10 bargaining limits. The one-percent raises are similar to what other state employees have received.
Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget does not include pay raises for state employees for the following two years that begin in July.
Also today, the Assembly will consider letting students of private driver-education schools take classroom work online — the same as public school and technical college students are allowed to do. Those students would still have to pass written exams at their schools, complete 30 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, and pass driving tests before they can get their licenses.
