[A]bout 212 met the deadline, according to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. "We're declaring to the world we're still here. We're not going away," said Doug Perry, a fifth-grade teacher at Maple Grove School in Greenfield whose union filed for recertification.While 212 unions sounds like a lot, it is but a fraction of the unions associated with the 425 school districts across the state. There is no tracking system in the state to know how many local unions exist across all of the school districts; however, each district could have multiple unions—one for teachers, one for custodial staff, etc.
Unions that do not recertify will still exist; however, they will not have any official power to bargain with school districts. The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is aware of about 300 locals that are currently going forward without a contract.
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