Negotiations also under way on new pact for county's largest union. Steve Schultze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 23, 2011 Nurses who work for Milwaukee County won a one-year union contract extension Thursday, a move that forestalls some of the impact of the new state law greatly restricting public employee collective bargaining. The County Board approved the nurses' contract on a 15-4 vote, and County Executive Chris Abele signed it. The state law is slated to take effect Wednesday. Meanwhile, negotiations were under way on a new contract for the county's largest union, District Council 48 of AFSCME, in an effort to beat the state law. ... Milwaukee