AB150: Bill Text Engrossed

AB150-engrossed,1337,16 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employe's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employe personally, and terminable at the end of any year of its life by the employe giving at least thirty days' written notice of such termination unless there is an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3782r Section 3782r. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1337,19 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout provided in s. 111.115 (2).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3782s Section 3782s. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1337,22 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided in s. 111.11 111.115 (2) or (3).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3783b Section 3783b. 111.07 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1338,23 111.07 (2) (a) Upon the filing with the commission by any party in interest of a complaint in writing, on a form provided by the commission, charging any person with having engaged in any specific unfair labor practice, it shall mail a copy of such complaint to all other parties in interest. Any other person claiming interest in the dispute or controversy, as an employer, an employe, or their representative, shall be made a party upon application. The commission may bring in additional parties by service of a copy of the complaint. Only one such complaint shall issue against a person with respect to a single controversy, but any such complaint may be amended in the discretion of the commission at any time prior to the issuance of a final order based thereon. The person or persons so complained of shall have the right to file an answer to the original or amended complaint and to appear in person or otherwise and give testimony at the place and time fixed in the notice of hearing. The commission shall fix a time for the hearing on such complaint, which will be not less than 10 nor more than 40 days after the filing of such complaint, and notice shall be given to each party interested by service on the party personally or by mailing a copy thereof to the party at the party's last-known post-office address at least 10 days before such hearing. In case a party in interest is located without the state and has no known post-office address within this state, a copy of the complaint and copies of all notices shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state with the department of financial institutions and shall also be sent by registered mail to the last-known post-office address of such party. Such filing and mailing shall constitute sufficient service with the same force and effect as if served upon the party located within this state. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the commission and hearings may be held at such places as the commission shall designate.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3784 Section 3784. 111.07 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1339,12 111.07 (2) (b) 1. The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas and administer oaths. Depositions may be taken in the manner prescribed by s. 101.02 (14) 103.005 (13) (c). No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture under the laws of the state of Wisconsin; but no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of testifying or producing evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the commission in obedience to a subpoena issued by it; provided, that an individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3785m Section 3785m. 111.075 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1339,22 111.075 Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements. (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement may become effective unless authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30% of the employes in a collective bargaining unit desire that a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited to that question.

AB150-engrossed,1340,4 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the eligible employes voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement. For a maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the eligible employes voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement. In a referendum on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the eligible employes vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of membership agreement is authorized.

AB150-engrossed,1340,18 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in a referendum, the employer shall enter into such an agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employes affected by the agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement. The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other forms of liability made by employes or local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits and other forms of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the agreement.

AB150-engrossed,1340,25 (d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, an employe who has religious convictions against dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the employe and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.

AB150-engrossed,1341,14 (2) (a) Once authorized, a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall continue in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that at least 30% of the employes in the collective bargaining unit desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting employes required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever is earlier.

AB150-engrossed,1341,22 (b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation or creed to receive as a member any employe in the collective bargaining unit involved, and the agreement shall be made subject to the findings and orders of the commission. Any of the parties to the agreement, or any employe covered thereby, may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and petition the commission to make such a finding.

AB150-engrossed,1341,25 (3) A stipulation for a referendum executed by an employer and a labor organization may not be filed until after the representation election has been held and the results certified.

AB150-engrossed,1342,3 (4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint as its agent an official of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to conduct the referenda provided for in this section.

AB150-engrossed,1342,10 (5) Notwithstanding sub. (1), if on July 1, 1997, there is a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement in effect in any of the collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1) (f) 1., 5. or 9., that fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall apply to the corresponding collective bargaining unit under s. 111.05 (5) (a) 1. to 3. without the necessity of filing a petition or conducting a referendum, subject to the right of the employes in each collective bargaining unit to file a petition requesting a referendum under sub. (2) (a).

AB150-engrossed,1342,12 (6) This section applies only in collective bargaining units comprised of employes of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3786e Section 3786e. 111.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1342,23 111.09 (1) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to the exercise of its powers and authority and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the conduct of all elections and hearings. The commission shall, upon request, provide a transcript of a proceeding to any party to the proceeding for a fee prescribed, established by rule, by the commission at a uniform rate of not less than 60 cents per page. All transcript fees shall be deposited into the general fund credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.425 (1) (i), except that fees collected in excess of 60 cents the uniform rate per page for any transcript produced by a reporter who is not employed by the commission shall be deposited under credited to the appropriation in account under s. 20.425 (1) (g).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3786s Section 3786s. 111.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1344,3 111.09 (2) The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee of $25 from the party or parties for filing a complaint alleging that an unfair labor practice has been committed under s. 111.06. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee of $25 from the party or parties for filing a request that the commission act as an arbitrator to resolve a dispute involving the interpretation or application of a collective bargaining agreement under s. 111.10. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission act as a mediator under s. 111.11. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission initiate arbitration under s. 111.10. For the performance of commission actions under ss. 111.10 and 111.11, the commission shall require that the parties to the dispute equally share in the payment of the fee and, for the performance of commission actions involving a complaint alleging that an unfair labor practice has been committed under s. 111.06, the commission shall require that the party filing the complaint pay the entire fee. If such a any party has paid a filing fee requesting the commission to act as a mediator for a labor dispute and the parties do not enter into a voluntary settlement of the labor dispute, the commission may not subsequently assess or collect a filing fee to initiate arbitration to resolve the same labor dispute. If any request for the performance of commission actions concerns issues arising as a result of more than one unrelated event or occurrence, each such separate event or occurrence shall be treated as a separate request. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing a schedule of filing fees to be paid under this subsection, except that the commission may not require a filing fee that exceeds $225 per request or case. Fees required to be paid under this subsection shall be paid at the time of filing the complaint or the request for mediation or arbitration. A complaint or request for mediation or arbitration is not filed until the date such fee or fees are paid. Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited as general purpose revenue—earned credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.425 (1) (i).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3787g Section 3787g. 111.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1344,11 111.10 Arbitration. Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission serve as arbitrator. Parties to a labor dispute may agree in writing to have the commission act or name arbitrators in all or any part of such dispute, and thereupon the commission shall have the power so to act. The commission shall appoint as arbitrators only competent, impartial and disinterested persons. Proceedings in any such arbitration shall be as provided in ch. 788.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3787u Section 3787u. 111.11 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.11.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3789b Section 3789b. 111.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (3).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3789bc Section 3789bc. 111.115 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1344,16 111.115 Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes. (1) In this subsection:

AB150-engrossed,1344,22 (a) "Lockout" means the barring of one or more employes from their employment in an establishment by an employer as a part of a labor dispute, which is not directly subsequent to a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employes of the employer, or which continues or occurs after the termination of a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employes of the employer.

AB150-engrossed,1345,2 (b) "Strike" includes any concerted stoppage of work by employes, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employes, or any concerted refusal of employes to work or perform their usual duties as employes, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.

AB150-engrossed,1345,10 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the recognized or certified representative of employes of that authority in a collective bargaining unit, the employer shall not engage in a lockout affecting employes in that collective bargaining unit without first giving 10 days' written notice to the representative of its intention to engage in a lockout, and the representative shall not engage in a strike without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage in a strike.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3789m Section 3789m. 111.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1345,14 111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. Wherever the application of the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, provided except that in:

AB150-engrossed,1345,16 (1) In any situation where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3789r Section 3789r. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1346,4 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employes under ch. 40 shall be governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that where any provision of ch. 40 specifically permits a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter to govern the eligibility for or the application, cost or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40, or provides that the eligibility for or the application, cost or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40 shall be governed by a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter, a collective bargaining agreement may contain a provision so governing and such a provision supersedes any provision of ch. 40 with respect to the employes to whom the agreement applies. The employer is prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining concerning any matter governed exclusively by ch. 40 under this subsection.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3789x Section 3789x. 111.32 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1346,10 111.32 (3) "Conviction record" includes, but is not limited to, information indicating that an individual has been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor or other offense, has been adjudicated delinquent, has been less than honorably discharged, or has been placed on probation or community supervision, fined, imprisoned or paroled pursuant to any law enforcement or military authority.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3790 Section 3790. 111.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1346,16 111.39 (2) In carrying out this subchapter the department and its duly authorized agents are empowered to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, take testimony and make investigations in the manner provided in ch. 101 s. 103.005. The department or its duly authorized agents may privilege witnesses testifying before them under the provisions of this subchapter against self-incrimination.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3791 Section 3791. 111.39 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1346,25 111.39 (4) (d) The department shall serve a certified copy of the findings and order on the respondent, the order to have the same force as other orders of the department and be enforced as provided in ch. 101 s. 103.005. Any person aggrieved by noncompliance with the order may have the order enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the examiner finds that the respondent has not engaged in discrimination, unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing as alleged in the complaint, the department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings on the complainant together with an order dismissing the complaint.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3792 Section 3792. 111.395 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1347,8 111.395 Judicial review. Findings and orders of the commission under this subchapter are subject to review under ch. 227. Orders of the commission shall have the same force as orders of the department under ch. 101 chs. 103 to 106 and may be enforced as provided in s. 101.02 103.005 (11) and (12) and (13) or specifically by a suit in equity. In any enforcement action the merits of any order of the commission are not subject to judicial review. Upon such review, or in any enforcement action, the department of justice shall represent the commission.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3793am Section 3793am. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1348,7 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the representatives representative of its municipal employes in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to wages, hours and conditions of employment, and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal employe to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 61.66, except as provided in sub. (4) (m) and (n) and s. 40.81 (3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to municipal employes under ch. 164. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document. The municipal employer shall not be required to bargain on subjects reserved to management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours and conditions of employment of the municipal employes in a collective bargaining unit. In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the public municipal employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the government and good order of the municipality jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health, safety and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to public municipal employes by the constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this subchapter.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3793c Section 3793c. 111.70 (1) (dm) of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, section 2207ahm, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1348,20 111.70 (1) (dm) "Economic issue" means any issue that creates a new or increased financial liability upon the municipal employer, including salaries, overtime pay, sick leave, payments in lieu of sick leave usage, vacations, clothing allowances in excess of the actual cost of clothing, length-of-service credit, continuing education credit, shift premium pay, longevity pay, extra duty pay, performance bonuses, health insurance, life insurance, vacation pay, holiday pay, lead worker pay, temporary assignment pay, retirement contributions, severance or other separation pay, hazardous duty pay, certification or license payment, job security provisions, limitations on layoffs and contracting or subcontracting of work that would otherwise be performed by municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit with which there is a labor dispute.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3793e Section 3793e. 111.70 (1) (nc) of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, section 2207aho, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1348,25 111.70 (1) (nc) 1. "Qualified economic offer" means an offer made to a labor organization by a municipal employer that includes all of the following, except as provided in subd. 2.:

AB150-engrossed,1349,7 a. A proposal to maintain the percentage contribution by the municipal employer to the municipal employes' existing fringe benefit costs as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., and to maintain all fringe benefits provided to the municipal employes in a collective bargaining unit, as such contributions and benefits existed on the 90th day prior to expiration of any previous collective bargaining agreement between the parties, or the 90th day prior to commencement of negotiations if there is no previous collective bargaining agreement between the parties.

AB150-engrossed,1350,9 b. In any collective bargaining unit in which the municipal employe positions were on August 12, 1993, assigned to salary ranges with steps that determine the levels of progression within each salary range during a 12-month period, a proposal to provide for a salary increase of at least one full step for each 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, beginning with the expiration date of any previous collective bargaining agreement, for each municipal employe who is eligible for a within range salary increase, unless the increased cost of providing such a salary increase, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., exceeds 2.1% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for any 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, or unless the increased cost required to maintain the percentage contribution by the municipal employer to the municipal employes' existing fringe benefit costs and to maintain all fringe benefits provided to the municipal employes, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., in addition to the increased cost of providing such a salary increase, exceeds 3.8% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for any 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, in which case the offer shall include provision for a salary increase for each such municipal employe in an amount at least equivalent to that portion of a step for each such 12-month period that can be funded after the increased cost in excess of 2.1% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit is subtracted, or in an amount equivalent to that portion of a step for each such 12-month period that can be funded from the amount that remains, if any, after the increased cost of such maintenance exceeding 1.7% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for each 12-month period is subtracted on a prorated basis, whichever is the lower amount.

AB150-engrossed,1351,14 c. A proposal to provide for an average salary increase for each 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, beginning with the expiration date of any previous collective bargaining agreement, for the municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit at least equivalent to an average cost of 2.1% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for each 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, beginning with the expiration date of any previous collective bargaining agreement, including that percentage required to provide for any step increase and any increase due to a promotion or the attainment of increased professional qualifications, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., unless the increased cost of providing such a salary increase, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., exceeds 2.1% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for any 12-month period covered by the proposed collective bargaining agreement, or unless the increased cost required to maintain the percentage contribution by the municipal employer to the municipal employes' existing fringe benefit costs and to maintain all fringe benefits provided to the municipal employes, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., in addition to the increased cost of providing such a salary increase, exceeds 3.8% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for any 12-month period covered by the collective bargaining agreement, in which case the offer shall include provision for a salary increase for each such period for the municipal employes covered by the agreement at least equivalent to an average of that percentage, if any, for each such period of the prorated portion of 2.1% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit that remains, if any, after the increased cost of such maintenance exceeding 1.7% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for each 12-month period and the cost of a salary increase of at least one full step for each municipal employe in the collective bargaining unit who is eligible for a within range salary increase for each 12-month period is subtracted from that total cost.

AB150-engrossed,1352,4 2. "Qualified economic offer" may include a proposal to provide for an average salary decrease for any 12-month period covered by a proposed collective bargaining agreement, beginning with the expiration date of any previous collective bargaining agreement, for the municipal employes covered by the agreement, in an amount equivalent to the average percentage increased cost of maintenance of the percentage contribution by the municipal employer to the municipal employes' existing fringe benefit costs, as determined under sub. (4) (cm) 8s., and the average percentage increased cost of maintenance of all fringe benefits provided to the municipal employes represented by a labor organization, as such costs and benefits existed on the 90th day prior to commencement of negotiations, exceeding 3.8% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit required for maintenance of those contributions and benefits for that 12-month period if the increased cost of maintenance of those costs and benefits exceeds 3.8% of the total compensation and fringe benefit costs for all municipal employes in the collective bargaining unit for that 12-month period.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794am Section 3794am. 111.70 (1) (ne) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1352,9 111.70 (1) (ne) "School district professional employe" means a municipal employe who is a professional employe and who is employed by to perform services for a school district, who holds a license issued by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.28 (7), and whose employment requires that license.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794c Section 3794c. 111.70 (1) (nm) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed is recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1352,21 111.70 (1) (nm) "Strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by municipal employes, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by municipal employes, or any concerted refusal to work or perform their usual duties as municipal employes, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon a municipal employer. Such conduct by municipal employes which is not authorized or condoned by a labor organization constitutes a "strike", but does not subject such labor organization to the penalties under this subchapter. This paragraph does not apply to collective bargaining units composed of municipal employes of any county or municipal employes who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794d Section 3794d. 111.70 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1353,15 111.70 (3) (a) 4. To refuse to bargain collectively with a representative of a majority of its employes in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Such refusal shall include action by the employer to issue or seek to obtain contracts, including those provided for by statute, with individuals in the collective bargaining unit while collective bargaining, mediation or fact-finding concerning the terms and conditions of a new collective bargaining agreement is in progress, unless such individual contracts contain express language providing that the contract is subject to amendment by a subsequent collective bargaining agreement. Where the employer has a good faith doubt as to whether a labor organization claiming the support of a majority of its employes in an appropriate bargaining unit does in fact have that support, it may file with the commission a petition requesting an election to that claim. An employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and the results thereof certified to the employer by the commission. The violation shall include, though not be limited thereby, to the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously agreed upon. A violation also includes a failure to advise a labor organization whether the municipal employer accepts or rejects a fact-finder's recommendations under sub. (4) (ce) 2. The term of any collective bargaining agreement shall not exceed 3 years.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794e Section 3794e. 111.70 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1353,19 111.70 (3) (a) 7. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794f Section 3794f. 111.70 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1354,3 111.70 (3) (b) 3. To refuse to bargain collectively with the duly authorized officer or agent of a municipal employer, provided it is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining representative of employes in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously agreed upon. A violation also includes a failure by a labor organization to advise a municipal employer whether it accepts or rejects a fact-finder's recommendations under sub. (4) (ce) 2.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794g Section 3794g. 111.70 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1354,7 111.70 (3) (b) 6. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794gg Section 3794gg. 111.70 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1354,12 111.70 (3) (b) 7. In the case of municipal employes of a county, other than those engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions, to engage in, or induce or encourage any municipal employes to engage in a strike or other concerted refusal to perform their usual duties as municipal employes.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794h Section 3794h. 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,1354,15 111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; law enforcement and fire fighting personnel.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794i Section 3794i. 111.70 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1354,19 111.70 (4) (c) 4. `Applicability.' This paragraph applies only to municipal employes who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794j Section 3794j. 111.70 (4) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,1355,3 111.70 (4) (ce) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; nonprotective county employes. 1. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in any labor dispute. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall be to bring the parties together voluntarily under such favorable auspices as will tend to effectuate settlement of the dispute, but neither the commission nor a mediator shall have the power of compulsion.

AB150-engrossed,1355,7 2. `Fact-finding.' a. If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, the parties jointly may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate fact-finding and to make recommendations to resolve the dispute.

AB150-engrossed,1355,13 b. Upon receipt of a petition to initiate fact-finding, the commission shall make an investigation with or without a formal hearing, to determine whether a deadlock exists. After its investigation the commission shall certify the results thereof. If the commission certifies that a deadlock exists, it shall appoint a qualified, disinterested person or, if jointly requested by the parties, a 3-member panel to function as a fact finder.

AB150-engrossed,1355,22 c. The fact finder may establish dates and places of hearings, and shall conduct the hearings pursuant to rules established by the commission. Upon request, the commission shall issue subpoenas for hearings conducted by the fact finder. The fact finder may administer oaths. Upon completion of the hearing, the fact finder shall make written findings of fact and recommendations for resolution of the dispute and shall cause them to be served on the parties and the commission. Costs of fact-finding proceedings shall be divided equally between the parties. At the time the fact finder submits a statement of his or her costs to the parties, the fact finder shall submit a copy thereof to the commission at its Madison office.

AB150-engrossed,1355,24 d. Any fact finder may endeavor to mediate the dispute in which the fact finder is involved at any time prior to the issuance of the fact finder's recommendations.

AB150-engrossed,1356,5 e. Within the time period mutually agreed upon by the parties, or if no time period is agreed to within 30 days after receipt of the fact-finder's recommendations, each party shall advise the other, in writing, as to its acceptance or rejection, in whole or in part, of the fact finder's recommendations and, at the same time, transmit a copy of such notice to the commission at its Madison office.

AB150-engrossed,1356,11 3. `Remedies in event of strike.' Upon establishing that a strike is in progress, the employer may either seek an injunction or file a prohibited practice charge with the commission under sub. (3) (b) 7. or both. The existence of an administrative remedy does not constitute grounds for denial of injunctive relief. The occurrence of a strike and the participation therein by municipal employes do not affect the rights of the municipal employer, in law or in equity, to deal with the strike, including:

AB150-engrossed,1356,13 a. The right to impose discipline, including discharge, or suspension without pay, of any municipal employe participating in the strike.

AB150-engrossed,1356,15 b. The right to cancel the reinstatement eligibility of any municipal employe engaging in the strike.

AB150-engrossed,1356,18 c. The right of the municipal employer to request the imposition of fines, either against the labor organization or against any municipal employe engaging in the strike, or to sue for damages because of such strike activity.

AB150-engrossed,1356,21 4. `Application.' This paragraph applies only to municipal employes of a county, other than municipal employes who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.

AB150-engrossed, s. 3794k Section 3794k. 111.70 (4) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,1357,8 111.70 (4) (cm) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; other personnel. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' For the purpose of advising the commission of the commencement of contract negotiations, whenever either party requests the other to reopen negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties otherwise commence negotiations if no such agreement exists, the party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing. Upon failure of the requesting party to provide such notice, the other party may so notify the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall set forth any additional information the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.

AB150-engrossed,1357,15 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter which are held for the purpose of presenting initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, shall be open to the public. Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing. Failure to comply with this subdivision is not cause to invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.