Rift in WSEU widens as prison guards try to break away, form new union

State prison guards are trying to break away from the Wisconsin State Employees Union in a bitter fight over election setbacks, discontent with labor leaders, and anger about working conditions after 17 months under a state law that all but eliminated public sector union rights. If the guards succeed, it would be another blow to WSEU, one of a half-dozen major public employee unions still reeling from Act 10, the 2011 labor law that prohibited almost all collective bargaining and banned automatic dues collections. Full Story: Wisconsin State Journal