SB404: Bill Text

SB404,7,25 111.05 (1) Representatives chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by a majority of the employees voting or, for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, submitting confidential authorization cards in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining, provided that any individual employee or any minority group of employees in any collective bargaining unit shall have the right at any time to present grievances to their employer in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the employer shall confer with them in relation thereto.

SB404,19 Section 19. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,8,7 111.05 (2) Whenever Except as provided in sub. (5), whenever a question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit, it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employees in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective bargaining unit.

SB404,20 Section 20. 111.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,8,25 111.05 (3) Whenever a question arises concerning the representation of employees in a collective bargaining unit the commission shall determine the representatives thereof by taking a secret ballot of employees or, for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, by collecting confidential authorization cards and certifying in writing the results thereof to the interested parties and to their employer or employers. There shall be included on any ballot or confidential authorization card for the election of representatives the names of all persons submitted by an employee or group of employees participating in the election, except that the commission may, in its discretion, exclude from the ballot or confidential authorization card a person who, at the time of the election, stands deprived of the person's rights under this subchapter by reason of a prior adjudication of the person's having engaged in an unfair labor practice. The ballot or confidential authorization card shall be so prepared as to permit of a vote against representation by anyone named on the ballot or confidential authorization card. The commission's certification of the results of any election shall be conclusive as to the findings included therein unless reviewed in the same manner as provided by s. 111.07 (8) for review of orders of the commission.

SB404,21 Section 21. 111.05 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,9,11 111.05 (3m) Whenever an election has been conducted pursuant to sub. (3) in which the name of more than one proposed representative appears on the ballot or confidential authorization card and results in no conclusion, the commission may, in its discretion, if requested by any party to the proceeding within 30 days from the date of the certification of the results of such election, conduct a runoff election. In such runoff election, the commission may drop from the ballot or confidential authorization card the name of the representative that received the least number of votes at the original election, or the privilege of voting against any representative when the least number of votes cast at the first election was against representation by any named representative.

SB404,22 Section 22. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,9,15 111.05 (5) (a) 1. Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall include one unit for employees engaged in each of the following functions:

SB404,9,16 a. Clerical and related.

SB404,9,17 b. Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.

SB404,9,18 c. Building trades crafts.

SB404,9,19 d. Security and public safety.

SB404,9,20 e. Technical.

SB404,9,21 f. Fiscal and staff services.

SB404,9,22 g. Patient care.

SB404,9,23 h. Science.

SB404,9,25 2. Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a function not specified in subd. 1. shall be determined in the manner provided in this section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for the employees is subject to approval of the commission. The commission may not allow fragmentation of the collective bargaining units or creation of any collective bargaining unit that is too small to provide adequate representation of employees. In approving the collective bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's need to fulfill its statutory obligation.

SB404,10,17 (b) If a single representative is certified to represent more than one of the collective bargaining units specified in par. (a) 1. or 2., that representative and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units, subject to the right of the employees in any of the collective bargaining units that were combined to petition for a card collection under sub. (3). An agreement under this paragraph is effective upon written notice of the agreement by the parties to the commission and terminates upon written notice of the termination by the parties to the commission or upon decertification of the representative entering into the agreement as representative of one of the combined collective bargaining units, whichever occurs first.

SB404,10,25 (c) The commission shall establish a procedure whereby employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority may determine whether to form themselves into collective bargaining units under par. (a) 1. or 2. by confidential authorization cards in lieu of secret ballots. The procedure shall provide that once a majority of employees have indicated their preference on the confidential authorization cards to form themselves into a collective bargaining unit under par. (a) 1. or 2., the collective bargaining unit is established. The procedure shall provide all of the following:

SB404,11,2 1. A review of the confidential authorization cards submitted in support of a claim to represent a majority of the employees of a collective bargaining unit.

SB404,11,6 2. A comparison of the employee list provided by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to the commission and to the collective bargaining unit under s. 233.04 (2m) at least 7 days before the scheduled count of the confidential authorization cards.

SB404,11,9 (d) If a majority of the employees under par. (c) have designated a representative as their collective bargaining unit representative, the commission shall certify that representative of the collective bargaining unit.

SB404,23 Section 23. 111.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,11,15 111.06 (1) (c) To encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization, employee agency, committee, association, or representation plan by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of employment in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union agreement or maintenance of membership agreement is in effect as provided in s. 111.13.

SB404,24 Section 24. 111.06 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,11,23 111.06 (1) (cm) To explicitly or implicitly encourage or discourage membership in a collective bargaining unit that represents employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. It is not an unfair labor practice for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and a collective bargaining unit that represents employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to issue joint statements regarding collective bargaining activities of the authority and the representatives.

SB404,25 Section 25. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,12,8 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), provided, however, that where an employer files with the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation, the employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the commission.

SB404,26 Section 26. 111.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,12,12 111.06 (1) (e) To bargain collectively with the representatives of less than a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or, except as provided in s. 111.13, to enter into an all-union agreement.

SB404,27 Section 27. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,12,20 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable by the employee giving to the employer at least 30 days' written notice of the termination or unless there is an all-union agreement or maintenance of membership agreement in effect as provided in s. 111.13. This paragraph applies to the extent permitted allowed under federal law.

SB404,28 Section 28. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,12,23 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout provided in s. 111.115 (2).

SB404,29 Section 29. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,13,2 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).

SB404,30 Section 30. 111.075 of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,13,6 111.075 Maintenance of membership agreements. (1) This section only applies to collective bargaining units comprised of employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

SB404,13,13 (1m) (a) No 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 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit desire that a 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 is limited to that question.

SB404,13,16 (b) For a maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the eligible employees voting in a referendum must vote in favor of the agreement.

SB404,14,4 (c) If a maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in a referendum, the employer shall enter into an agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each maintenance of membership agreement must contain a provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employees affected by the agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. Unless the parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement takes effect 60 days after the commission certifies that the referendum vote authorized the agreement. The employer is held harmless against any claims, demands, suits, and other forms of liability made by employees or local labor organizations that may arise for actions taken by the employer in compliance with this section. All lawful claims, demands, suits, and other forms of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the agreement.

SB404,14,10 (d) Under each maintenance of membership agreement, an employee 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, upon request to the labor organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the employee and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.

SB404,14,23 (2) (a) A maintenance of membership agreement, once authorized, continues in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. The commission shall conduct a new referendum whenever it receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit desire that the maintenance of membership agreement be discontinued. If, in the referendum, a number that is at least the percentage of eligible voting employees required for initial authorization approve the continuance of the maintenance of membership agreement, the membership is continued in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to initiate a further vote using the procedure in this subsection. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported in the referendum, the agreement terminates when the collective bargaining agreement terminates or one year from the date of the certification of the results of the referendum, whichever is earlier.

SB404,15,6 (b) The commission shall suspend any maintenance of membership agreement upon conditions and for the time as the commission decides if the commissioner finds that the labor organization has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, or creed, to receive as a member any employee in the collective bargaining unit involved, and the agreement is subject to the findings and the orders of the commission. Any party to the agreement or any employee covered by the agreement may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and petition the commission to make a finding.

SB404,15,9 (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.

SB404,15,12 (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.

SB404,31 Section 31. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,15,14 111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.

SB404,32 Section 32. 111.115 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB404,15,17 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, “strike":

SB404,15,21 (b) “Strike” includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted refusal of employees to work or perform their usual duties as employees, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.

SB404,33 Section 33. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,16,3 111.115 (1) (a) “Lockout" means the barring of one or more employees 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 employees 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 employees of the employer.

SB404,34 Section 34. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,16,12 111.115 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the certified representative of employees of that authority in a collective bargaining unit, the employer may not engage in a lockout affecting employees 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 may not engage in a strike without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage in a strike.

SB404,35 Section 35. 111.13 of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,16,17 111.13 All-union agreements and maintenance of membership agreements. (1) (a) This section only applies to collective bargaining units comprised of employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

SB404,16,25 (b) An employer may enter into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the employees in a collective bargaining unit where at least a majority of the employees voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of an all-union agreement in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that, if the bargaining representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required to authorize the entry into an all-union agreement.

SB404,17,17 (c) An all-union agreement remains in force, subject to the right of either party to the agreement to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. If the commission receives a petition and subsequently determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the employees concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement, the commission shall conduct a referendum. If, in the referendum, the support for the continuance of the all-union agreement is at least equal to the support needed for initial authorization, the agreement remains in force, subject to the right to petition for a further vote under this paragraph. If the support for the continuance of the all-union agreement is less than the support needed for initial authorization, the agreement is terminated at the termination of the contract of which it is a part or at the end of one year from the date of the commission's announcement of the referendum results, whichever is earlier. The commission shall terminate any all-union agreement whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to receive as a member any employee of such employer, and each all-union agreement is subject to the duty of the commission. Any interested person may come before the commission as provided in s. 111.07 and ask performance of this duty.

SB404,17,25 (2) The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and a labor organization representing employees of that authority may enter into a maintenance of membership agreement that requires that all of the employees have dues deducted under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.06 (1) (i). Employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings at the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement. Employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement shall have dues deducted upon hiring for the duration of the agreement.

SB404,36 Section 36. 111.17 of the statutes is renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB404,18,5 111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. (intro.) 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, except that in:

SB404,18,7 (1) In any situation where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.

SB404,37 Section 37. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,18,20 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employees under ch. 40 shall be governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that where any provision of ch. 40 specifically allows 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 the provision supersedes any provision of ch. 40 with respect to the employees 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.

SB404,38 Section 38. 233.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,19,2 233.03 (7) Subject to s. 233.10 and ch. 40 and 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9159 (4), and the duty to engage in collective bargaining with employees in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is certified under subch. I of ch. 111, employ any agent, employee or special advisor that the authority finds necessary and fix his or her compensation and provide any employee benefits, including an employee pension plan.

SB404,39 Section 39. 233.04 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,19,10 233.04 (2e) Allow representatives of collective bargaining units representing employees of the authority to present information for at least 30 minutes regarding the collective bargaining units, the selection of representatives, the work of the representatives, and the collective bargaining process at any mandatory orientation session provided by the authority to new employees. The authority shall provide 48 hours' notice of such a mandatory orientation session to representatives of each collective bargaining unit that represents employees of the authority.

SB404,40 Section 40. 233.04 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,19,14 233.04 (2m) Provide an accurate list of all individuals employed by the authority to the employment relations commission and the representative of a collective bargaining unit when requested by the employment relations commission.

SB404,41 Section 41. 233.04 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:

SB404,19,23 233.04 (2s) Allow representatives of collective bargaining units representing employees of the authority to meet with employees of the authority during nonwork periods in building areas typically used by employees during nonwork periods, such as break rooms, conference rooms, and cafeterias, for organizing activity. Representatives of collective bargaining units representing employees of the authority shall provide notice to the authority of such a meeting at least 8 hours before such a meeting. Not more than 5 representatives of a collective bargaining unit may attend such a meeting.

SB404,42 Section 42. 233.10 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB404,20,4 233.10 (2) (intro.) Subject to subs. (3), (3r) and (3t) and ch. 40, and the duty to engage in collective bargaining with employees in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is certified under subch. I of ch. 111, the authority shall establish any of the following:

SB404,20,5 (End)