By the Numbers: Impact of Act 10

Compiled by Myles Dannhausen, Jr.

2011

Year Act 10 was enacted in Wisconsin, curtailing collective bargaining rights for teachers unions

14.2

Percent of Wisconsin workforce that belonged to a union in 2010

8.3

Percent of Wisconsin workforce that belongs to a union today

98,000

Members of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) in 2010

36,000

Number of WEAC members today

$2.2 million

Amount WEAC spent on lobbying in 2011

$93,481

Amount WEAC spent on lobbying in 2015

3

Typical number of applicants for every opening in the University of Wisconsin’s undergraduate program in elementary education in 2010

1

Number of applicants for each spot in 2016

28 percent

Decline in the number of people entering Wisconsin teacher-training programs from 2009 to 2014

4.9

Applicants per open teaching position in Wisconsin in 2013

3.3

Applicants per open teaching position in Wisconsin in 2015

67

Referendums to increase taxes for school funding on the November 2016 ballot in Wisconsin

55

Number of referendums that passed

Source: Mother Jones; Wisconsin State Journal; MacIver Institute