International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 v. Schimel

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 139 and Local 420 (“IUOE”), challenged Wisconsin’s right-to-work law. The district court determined that this Court’s decision upholding Indiana’s nearly-identical law, Sweeney v. Pence, 767 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2014), controlled in this case, and the court dismissed IUOE’s complaint with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

A. The Sweeney Decision

In 2012, Indiana passed a right-to-work law that prohibits agreements requiring people to:(1) become or remain a member of a labor organization; [or](2)…