AB977,40,2121 4. Clerical and related.
AB977,40,2222 5. Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
AB977,40,2323 6. Building trades crafts.
AB977,40,2424 7. Security and public safety.
AB977,40,2525 8. Technical.
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1(b) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the
2University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a
3function not specified in par. (a) shall be determined in the manner provided in this
4section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for the employees is subject
5to approval of the commission. The commission may not permit fragmentation of the
6collective bargaining units or creation of any collective bargaining unit that is too
7small to provide adequate representation of employees. In approving the collective
8bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's
9needs to fulfill its statutory missions.
AB977,90 10Section 90. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,41,2011 111.05 (6) If a single representative is recognized or certified to represent more
12than one of the collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5), that representative
13and the employer may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units,
14subject to the right of the employees in any of the collective bargaining units that
15were combined to petition for an election under sub. (3). Any agreement under this
16subsection is effective when the parties provide written notice of the agreement to
17the commission and terminates when the party provides written notice of
18termination to the commission or when the representative entering into the
19agreement is decertified as representative of one of the combined collective
20bargaining units, whichever occurs first.
AB977,91 21Section 91. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,41,2322 111.05 (7) Employees under s. 111.02 (6) (am) shall comprise a single collective
23bargaining unit.
AB977,92 24Section 92 . 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a
2majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect
3to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under
4ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2);
provided, however, that where an employer files with
5the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation,
6the employer shall not be deemed to have has not refused to bargain until an election
7has been held and the commission has certified the result thereof has been certified
8to the employer by the commission.
AB977,93 9Section 93. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,42,1110 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout
11provided in s. 111.115 (2).
AB977,94 12Section 94 . 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,42,1413 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided
14in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).
AB977,95 15Section 95 . 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,42,16 16111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.
AB977,96 17Section 96 . 111.115 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and
18amended to read:
AB977,42,1919 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, “strike":
AB977,42,23 20(b) “Strike" includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any
21concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by
22employees, or any concerted refusal of employees to work or perform their usual
23duties as employees, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.
AB977,97 24Section 97. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.115 (1) (a) “Lockout" means the barring of any employee from employment
2in an establishment by an employer as a part of a labor dispute, which is not directly
3subsequent to a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of
4employees of the employer, or which continues or occurs after the termination of a
5strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employees of the
6employer.
AB977,98 7Section 98. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,43,158 111.115 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the
9University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the recognized or
10certified representative of employees of that authority in a collective bargaining unit,
11the employer may not engage in a lockout affecting employees in that collective
12bargaining unit without first giving 10 days' written notice to the representative of
13its intention to engage in a lockout, and the representative may not engage in a strike
14without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage
15in a strike.
AB977,99 16Section 99 . 111.17 of the statutes is renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended
17to read:
AB977,43,20 18111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. (intro.) Wherever the application of
19the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions
20of this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that in for the following:
AB977,43,22 21(1) In any situation where in which the provisions of this subchapter cannot
22be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.
AB977,100 23Section 100. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,44,924 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the
25University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employees under ch.

140 are governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that if any provision of ch. 40 specifically
2permits a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter to govern the
3eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40, or
4provides that the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit
5under ch. 40 is governed by a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter,
6such a provision in a collective bargaining agreement supersedes any provision of ch.
740 with respect to the employees to whom the agreement applies. The employer is
8prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining concerning any matter governed
9exclusively by ch. 40 under this subsection.
AB977,101 10Section 101 . 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,44,2511 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
12obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
13representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
14confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
15agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
16wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or transit
17employees and with respect to wages for general municipal employees
, and with
18respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to
19perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553, 61.66, or 62.13
20(2e) and for a school district with respect to any matter under sub. (4) (n), except as
21provided in sub. subs. (3m), (3p), and (4) (mb) (m) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and except
22that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any proposal to
23diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety municipal employees
24under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
25reached to a written and signed document.
AB977,102
1Section 102. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,103 2Section 103 . 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,45,83 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
4municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
5employees or transit employees
under which all or any of the public safety municipal
6employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit are required to pay
7their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract
8administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.
AB977,104 9Section 104 . 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,105 10Section 105 . 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,45,1711 111.70 (1) (j) “Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
12metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, local cultural
13arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229,
or any other political subdivision of
14the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
15engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a
16municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied,
17but does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229
.
AB977,106 18Section 106 . 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,45,2219 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
20in which public safety employees or transit municipal employees in a collective
21bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor
22organization and the employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
AB977,107 23Section 107. 111.70 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,46,624 111.70 (1g) Declaration of policy. (a) The public policy of the state as to labor
25disputes arising in municipal employment is to encourage voluntary settlement

1through the procedures of collective bargaining. Accordingly, it is in the public
2interest that municipal employees be given an opportunity to bargain collectively
3with the municipal employer through a labor organization or other representative
4of the employees' own choice. If such procedures fail, the parties should have
5available to them a fair, speedy, effective, and, above all, peaceful procedure for
6settlement as provided in this subchapter.
AB977,46,127 (b) In creating this subchapter, the legislature recognizes that the municipal
8employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the government and
9good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health,
10safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its
11jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal employees by the
12constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this subchapter.
AB977,108 13Section 108 . 111.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,47,1614 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees have the right
15of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to
16bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in
17lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual
18aid or protection. Municipal employees have the right to refrain from any and all
19such activities. A general municipal employee has the right to refrain from paying
20dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety
21employee or a transit employee, however,
except that an employee may be required
22to pay dues in the manner provided in a fair-share agreement; a fair-share
23agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must contain a
24provision requiring
require the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues as
25certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by the

1fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. A
2fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
3subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
4commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
5at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
6fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
7a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
8majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
9suspend any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such
10time as the commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization
11involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to
12receive as a member any public safety employee or transit employee of the municipal
13employer in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject to this duty
14of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public safety
15employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come before
16the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB977,109 17Section 109 . 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,47,2118 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
19organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
20conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
21agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB977,110 22Section 110 . 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,48,623 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
24agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
25employment affecting public safety employees or transit municipal employees,

1including an agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or
2application of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms
3of such arbitration award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such
4award as final and binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining
5agreement affecting general municipal employees, that was previously agreed upon
6by the parties with respect to wages
.
AB977,111 7Section 111 . 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,48,148 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
9safety employee or a transit
municipal employee, unless the municipal employer has
10been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
11and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
12employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
13termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
14except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
AB977,112 15Section 112. 111.70 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,48,1716 111.70 (3) (a) 7. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision
17lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).
AB977,113 18Section 113 . 111.70 (3) (a) 7m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,114 19Section 114 . 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,48,2320 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
21employee or transit employee, after
After a collective bargaining agreement expires
22and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect, to fail to follow any
23fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining agreement.
AB977,115 24Section 115. 111.70 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.70 (3) (b) 6. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision
2lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).
AB977,116 3Section 116 . 111.70 (3) (b) 6m. of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,117 4Section 117 . 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,118 5Section 118. 111.70 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,49,116 111.70 (3m) Milwaukee County enrollment services unit. A collective
7bargaining agreement that covers municipal employees performing services for the
8Milwaukee County enrollment services unit under s. 49.825 must contain a provision
9that permits the terms of the agreement to be modified with respect to hours and
10conditions of employment by a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.825 (3)
11(b) 4.
AB977,119 12Section 119. 111.70 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,49,1713 111.70 (3p) Child care provider services unit. A collective bargaining
14agreement that covers municipal employees performing services for the child care
15provider services unit under s. 49.826 must contain a provision that permits the
16terms of the agreement to be modified with respect to hours and conditions of
17employment by a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.826 (3) (b) 4.
AB977,120 18Section 120 . 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,49,2019 111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; public safety
20employees
law enforcement and fire fighting personnel.
AB977,121 21Section 121 . 111.70 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (c) 1m.
22and amended to read:
AB977,50,323 111.70 (4) (c) 1m. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in
24labor disputes involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety
25employee
. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the

1commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the
2commission. The function of the mediator is to encourage voluntary settlement by
3the parties but no mediator has the power of compulsion.
AB977,122 4Section 122. 111.70 (4) (c) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,50,65 111.70 (4) (c) 1g. `Applicability.' This paragraph applies only to municipal
6employees who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.
AB977,123 7Section 123 . 111.70 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,50,128 111.70 (4) (c) 2. `Arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning
9or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
10collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
may agree in writing
11to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may
12designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.
AB977,124 13Section 124 . 111.70 (4) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,50,2114 111.70 (4) (c) 3. `Fact-finding.' (intro.) Unless s. 111.77 applies, if a dispute
15involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee has not
16been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement
17procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and the parties
18are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective
19bargaining process, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission,
20in writing, to initiate fact-finding, and to make recommendations to resolve the
21deadlock, as follows:
AB977,125 22Section 125 . 111.70 (4) (cg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB977,126 23Section 126 . 111.70 (4) (cm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB977,50,2524 111.70 (4) (cm) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; general
25municipal employees
other personnel .
AB977,127
1Section 127. 111.70 (4) (cm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (cm)
21m. and amended to read:
AB977,51,133 111.70 (4) (cm) 1m. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' For the
4purpose of advising the commission of the commencement of contract negotiations
5involving a collective bargaining unit containing general municipal employees,
6whenever either party requests the other to reopen negotiations under a binding
7collective bargaining agreement, or the parties otherwise commence negotiations if
8no such agreement exists, the party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify
9the commission in writing. Upon failure of the requesting party to provide such
10notice, the other party may so notify the commission. The notice shall specify the
11expiration date of the existing collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall set
12forth any additional information the commission may require on a form provided by
13the commission.
AB977,128 14Section 128. 111.70 (4) (cm) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,51,1615 111.70 (4) (cm) 1g. `Application.' a. Chapter 788 does not apply to arbitration
16proceedings under this paragraph.
AB977,51,1817 b. This paragraph does not apply to labor disputes involving municipal
18employees who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.
AB977,129 19Section 129. 111.70 (4) (cm) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB977,52,220 111.70 (4) (cm) 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The
21meetings between parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective
22bargaining agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining
23unit containing a general municipal employee and that
are held for the purpose of
24presenting initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, shall be are
25open to the public. Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the

1other party in writing. Failure to comply with this subdivision is not cause to
2invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.
AB977,52,73 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
4labor disputes involving general municipal employees upon request of one or both of
5the parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall
6be to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
7compulsion.
AB977,52,138 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
9application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
10collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee
may agree in
11writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator
12or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so
13serve.
AB977,130 14Section 130. 111.70 (4) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB977,53,215 111.70 (4) (cm) 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the
16other impasse resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal
17employer and labor organization may, as a permissive subject of bargaining, agree
18in writing to a dispute settlement procedure, including authorization for a strike by
19municipal employees or binding interest arbitration, that is acceptable to the parties
20for resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under
21this subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission.
22If the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall
23give weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g. for a collective
24bargaining unit consisting of municipal employees who are not school district

1employees and under subd. 7r. for a collective bargaining unit consisting of municipal
2employees.
AB977,131 3Section 131. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
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