“Since recertification elections began in 2011, every AFT-Wisconsin local union that has pursued recertification has won convincingly,” Kohlhaas said in a statement. “ With the recent attacks on public education in Wisconsin, my own district has seen many excellent teachers leave for other districts, other states, and even other professions. Through recertification, my fellow union members and I have one more tool in our toolbox to defend public education in Superior and the rest of the state.”