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Crowley pushes Act 10 repeal while Tiffany warns of $2 billion cost to taxpayers | News | wkow.com
# Crowley pushes Act 10 repeal while Tiffany warns of $2 billion cost to taxpayers
- Ryan Lynch
#### Ryan Lynch
Ryan joined the 27 News Team in August 2025 as a multimedia journalist. She graduated from the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism and minors in business and international affairs.
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Ryan Lynch
MADISON (WKOW) — Recent court battles over Act 10, which stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, are front of mind for those workers heading into the November election.
In 2011, then Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 10 into law, saying it was an effort to save taxpayers billions of dollars and avoid a multi-billion dollar budget deficit.
On this Labor Day and less than two months from election day, those current court battles over the law are top of mind for Wisconsin's unions.
"Act 10 hurt us tremendously," said Dean Julien of Steamfitters Local 601.
"Hopefully this fall the state'll come together, put people in place that want to take that horrible legislation away," said Julien.
"I was a public sector worker actually when Act 10 was implemented, and it meant...taking away our rights," said Kevin Gundlach of The South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.
Repealing Act 10 is at the center of David Crowley's campaign, pointing to the effects union workers are still feeling today.
"We cannot collectively bargain for our wages, safety or workplace conditions," said Joanna Frasch of AFSCME Local 1. "And so that has really deteriorated retention, wages and, I think, quality of services in the state of Wisconsin."
A spokesperson for Tom Tiffany said in part: "David Crowley says repealing Act 10 is his number one priority, but he needs to answer a basic question: How will he pay for it? Talk to local governments and school districts across Wisconsin, and they will tell you that repealing Act 10 would saddle them with enormous new costs."
Tiffany's team estimates the price tag at $2 billion more for taxpayers. He is instead offering tax relief on tips and overtime as part of his campaign.