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November 2, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Larson, Roys, Agard, Ringhand,
Wirch, Johnson, Carpenter, Bewley, Smith, Pfaff, Erpenbach and L. Taylor,
cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Hesselbein, Subeck, Neubauer,
Sinicki, Emerson, Considine, Billings, Spreitzer, Hintz, Anderson, Vining,
Stubbs, Vruwink, Doyle, Baldeh, Milroy, Ohnstad, S. Rodriguez, Pope,
Conley, Shelton, Hebl, Hong, Brostoff, Snodgrass, Haywood, Moore
Omokunde
, Goyke, Andraca, Bowen, Cabrera, Drake, McGuire, B. Meyers,
L. Myers, Ortiz-Velez and Riemer. Referred to Committee on Labor and
Regulatory Reform.
SB660,2,3 1An Act to amend 7.33 (4), 13.111 (2), 16.50 (3) (e), 19.82 (1), 19.85 (3), 19.86,
220.425 (1) (a), 20.425 (1) (i), 20.505 (1) (ks), 20.505 (1) (kz), 20.917 (3) (b), 20.921
3(1) (a) 2., 20.923 (6) (intro.), 36.09 (1) (j), 40.02 (25) (b) 8., 40.05 (4g) (a) 4., 40.80
4(3), 40.81 (3), 111.70 (1) (a), 111.70 (1) (fm), 111.70 (1) (j), 111.70 (3) (a) 5., 111.70
5(3) (a) 6., 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1. to 5. and 6. a., 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., 111.70 (4)
6(cg) 7r. e., 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. f., 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h., 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m., 111.70
7(4) (d) 1., 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a., 111.70 (4) (p), 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a., 111.81 (1), 111.81
8(9g), 111.81 (12m), 111.81 (16), 111.825 (5), 111.83 (1), 111.83 (5) (d), 111.83 (5)
9(e), 111.83 (5) (f), 111.84 (1) (f), 111.85 (1) (a), 111.85 (1) (b), 111.85 (1) (c), 111.85
10(1) (d), 111.85 (2) (a), 111.85 (2) (b), 111.85 (4), 111.91 (1) (a), 111.91 (1) (b), 111.91
11(1) (c), 111.93 (3) (a), 230.01 (3), 230.046 (10) (a), 230.12 (3) (e) 1., 230.35 (2d)
12(e), 230.35 (3) (e) 6. and 230.88 (2) (b); and to create 111.70 (1) (cn), 111.70 (1)
13(om) and subchapter VI of chapter 111 [precedes 111.95] of the statutes;
14relating to: collective bargaining for employees of school districts, employees

1of cooperative educational service agencies, employees of technical college
2districts, and employees of the University of Wisconsin System and making an
3appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows employees of school districts, employees of cooperative
educational service agencies, and employees of technical college districts, if the
employees are not in managerial or supervisory positions, to collectively bargain over
wages, hours, and conditions of employment. This bill also allows the University of
Wisconsin System and employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and
conditions of employment. Finally, the bill allows faculty and academic staff of the
UW System to organize and to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions
of employment. Under current law, public employers and employees are prohibited
from bargaining collectively except as expressly provided in the statutes.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB660,1 4Section 1. 7.33 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,2,145 7.33 (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each local
6governmental unit, as defined in s. 16.97 (7), may, and each state agency shall, upon
7proper application under sub. (3), permit each of its employees to serve as an election
8official under s. 7.30 without loss of fringe benefits or seniority privileges earned for
9scheduled working hours during the period specified in sub. (3), without loss of pay
10for scheduled working hours during the period specified in sub. (3) except as provided
11in sub. (5), and without any other penalty. For employees who are included in a
12collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized or certified under
13subch. V or VI of ch. 111, this subsection shall apply unless otherwise provided in a
14collective bargaining agreement.
SB660,2 15Section 2. 13.111 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,3,3
113.111 (2) Duties. The joint committee on employment relations shall perform
2the functions assigned to it under subch. subchs. V and VI of ch. 111, subch. II of ch.
3230, and ss. 16.53 (1) (d) 1., 20.916, 20.917, and 20.923.
SB660,3 4Section 3. 16.50 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,3,75 16.50 (3) (e) No pay increase may be approved unless it is at the rate or within
6the pay ranges prescribed in the compensation plan or as provided in a collective
7bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
SB660,4 8Section 4. 19.82 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,3,179 19.82 (1) “Governmental body" means a state or local agency, board,
10commission, committee, council, department or public body corporate and politic
11created by constitution, statute, ordinance, rule or order; a governmental or
12quasi-governmental corporation except for the Bradley center sports and
13entertainment corporation; a local exposition district under subch. II of ch. 229; a
14long-term care district under s. 46.2895; or a formally constituted subunit of any of
15the foregoing, but excludes any such body or committee or subunit of such body which
16is formed for or meeting for the purpose of collective bargaining under subch. I, IV,
17or V, or VI of ch. 111.
SB660,5 18Section 5. 19.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,3,2219 19.85 (3) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize a
20governmental body to consider at a meeting in closed session the final ratification or
21approval of a collective bargaining agreement under subch. I, IV, or V, or VI of ch. 111
22which has been negotiated by such body or on its behalf.
SB660,6 23Section 6. 19.86 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,4,4 2419.86 Notice of collective bargaining negotiations. Notwithstanding s.
2519.82 (1), where notice has been given by either party to a collective bargaining

1agreement under subch. I, IV, or V, or VI of ch. 111 to reopen such agreement at its
2expiration date, the employer shall give notice of such contract reopening as provided
3in s. 19.84 (1) (b). If the employer is not a governmental body, notice shall be given
4by the employer's chief officer or such person's designee.
SB660,7 5Section 7. 20.425 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,4,76 20.425 (1) (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for
7the purposes provided in subchs. I, IV, and V , and VI of ch. 111 and s. 230.45 (1).
SB660,8 8Section 8. 20.425 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,4,219 20.425 (1) (i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals.
10The amounts in the schedule for the performance of fact-finding, mediation,
11certification, and arbitration functions, for the provision of copies of transcripts, for
12the cost of operating training programs under ss. 111.09 (3), 111.71 (5m), and 111.94
13(3), for the preparation of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied
14material, and for costs related to conducting appeals under s. 230.45. All moneys
15received under ss. 111.09 (1) and (2), 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b., 111.71 (1) and (2), 111.83 (3)
16(b), 111.94 (1) and (2), 111.9993, and 230.45 (3), all moneys received from arbitrators
17and arbitration panel members, and individuals who are interested in serving in
18such positions, and from individuals and organizations who participate in other
19collective bargaining training programs conducted by the commission, and all
20moneys received from the sale of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied
21material shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SB660,9 22Section 9. 20.505 (1) (ks) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,5,823 20.505 (1) (ks) Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations. The amounts in
24the schedule for the payment of the state's share of costs related to collective
25bargaining grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86 and related to collective

1bargaining grievance arbitrations under s. 111.993
. All moneys received from state
2agencies for the purpose of reimbursing the state's share of the costs related to
3grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86 and to reimburse the state's share of costs for
4training related to grievance arbitrations, and all moneys received from institutions,
5as defined in s. 36.05 (9), for the purpose of reimbursing the state's share of the costs
6related to grievance arbitrations under s. 111.993 and to reimburse the state's share
7of costs for training related to grievance arbitrations
shall be credited to this
8appropriation account.
SB660,10 9Section 10. 20.505 (1) (kz) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,5,1610 20.505 (1) (kz) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule to
11administer state employment relations functions and the civil service system under
12subch. subchs. V and VI of ch. 111 and ch. 230, to pay awards under s. 230.48, and
13to defray the expenses of the state employees suggestion board. All moneys received
14from state agencies for materials and services provided by the division of personnel
15management in the department of administration shall be credited to this
16appropriation.
SB660,11 17Section 11. 20.917 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,5,2118 20.917 (3) (b) This subsection applies to employees in all positions in the civil
19service, including those employees in positions included in collective bargaining
20units under subch. V or VI of ch. 111, whether or not the employees are covered by
21a collective bargaining agreement.
SB660,12 22Section 12. 20.921 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,5,2523 20.921 (1) (a) 2. If the state employee is a public safety employee under s. 111.81
24(15r), or an employee represented by a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1r)
25(a) to (ec), (eh), (ei), or (f) or (1t),
payment of dues to employee organizations.
SB660,13
1Section 13. 20.923 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,6,62 20.923 (6) Salaries set by appointing authorities. (intro.) Salaries for the
3following positions may be set by the appointing authority, subject to restrictions
4otherwise set forth in the statutes and the compensation plan under s. 230.12, except
5where the salaries are a subject of bargaining with a certified representative of a
6collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91 or 111.998:
SB660,14 7Section 14. 36.09 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,7,58 36.09 (1) (j) Except where such matters are a subject of bargaining with a
9certified representative of a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.91 or 111.998, the
10board shall establish salaries for persons prior to July 1 of each year for the next fiscal
11year, and shall designate the effective dates for payment of the new salaries. In the
12first year of the biennium, payments of the salaries established for the preceding
13year shall be continued until the biennial budget bill is enacted. If the budget is
14enacted after July 1, payments shall be made following enactment of the budget to
15satisfy the obligations incurred on the effective dates, as designated by the board, for
16the new salaries, subject only to the appropriation of funds by the legislature and s.
1720.928 (3). This paragraph does not limit the authority of the board to establish
18salaries for new appointments. The board may not increase the salaries of employees
19under this paragraph unless the salary increase conforms to the proposal as
20approved under s. 230.12 (3) (e) or the board authorizes the salary increase to
21recognize merit, to correct salary inequities under par. (h), to fund job
22reclassifications or promotions, or to recognize competitive factors. The granting of
23salary increases to recognize competitive factors does not obligate inclusion of the
24annualized amount of the increases in the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) for
25subsequent fiscal bienniums. No later than October 1 of each year, the board shall

1report to the joint committee on finance and the secretary of administration and
2administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of
3administration concerning the amounts of any salary increases granted to recognize
4competitive factors, and the institutions at which they are granted, for the 12-month
5period ending on the preceding June 30.
SB660,15 6Section 15. 40.02 (25) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,7,97 40.02 (25) (b) 8. Any other state employee for whom coverage is authorized
8under a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to subch. V or VI of ch. 111 or
9under s. 230.12 or 233.10.
SB660,16 10Section 16. 40.05 (4g) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,7,1611 40.05 (4g) (a) 4. Has received a military leave of absence under s. 230.32 (3) (a)
12or 230.35 (3), under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111
13or under rules promulgated by the administrator of the division of personnel
14management in the department of administration or is eligible for reemployment
15with the state under s. 321.64 after completion of his or her service in the U.S. armed
16forces.
SB660,17 17Section 17. 40.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,7,1918 40.80 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
19by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V or VI of ch. 111.
SB660,18 20Section 18. 40.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,7,2221 40.81 (3) Any action taken under this section shall apply to employees covered
22by a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV or , V, or VI of ch. 111.
SB660,19 23Section 19. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,8,1324 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
25obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the

1representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
2confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
3agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
4wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, transit
5employees, school district employees, cooperative educational service agency
6employees, and technical college employees,
and with respect to wages for general
7municipal employees, and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer
8for a municipal employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under
9s. 60.553, 61.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81
10(3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to
11any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety
12employees under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any
13agreement reached to a written and signed document.
SB660,20 14Section 20 . 111.70 (1) (cn) of the statutes is created to read:
SB660,8,1615 111.70 (1) (cn) “Cooperative educational service agency employee” means a
16municipal employee who is employed by a cooperative educational service agency.
SB660,21 17Section 21. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,8,2018 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
19who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, a school district employee,
20a cooperative educational service agency employee, or a technical college employee
.
SB660,22 21Section 22. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,9,322 111.70 (1) (j) “Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
23metropolitan sewerage district, school district, cooperative educational service
24agency, district board, as defined in s. 38.01 (6),
long-term care district, local cultural
25arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political subdivision of

1the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
2engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a
3municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied.
SB660,23 4Section 23. 111.70 (1) (om) of the statutes is created to read:
SB660,9,65 111.70 (1) (om) “Technical college employee” means a municipal employee who
6is employed by a district board, as defined in s. 38.01 (6).
SB660,24 7Section 24. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,9,178 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
9agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours and conditions of
10employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, school district
11employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or technical college
12employees,
including an agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning
13or application of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms
14of such arbitration award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such
15award as final and binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining
16agreement affecting general municipal employees, that was previously agreed upon
17by the parties with respect to wages.
SB660,25 18Section 25. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,9,2519 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
20safety employee or, a transit employee, a school district employee, a cooperative
21educational service agency employee, or a technical college employee,
unless the
22municipal employer has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by
23the employee personally, and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or
24earlier by the public safety employee or, transit employee, school district employee,
25cooperative educational service agency employee, or technical college employee


1giving at least 30 days' written notice of such termination to the municipal employer
2and to the representative organization, except when a fair-share agreement is in
3effect.
SB660,26 4Section 26. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1. to 5. and 6. a. of the statutes are amended
5to read:
SB660,10,196 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
7employees
, school district employees, cooperative educational service agency
8employees, and technical college employees
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract
9negotiations.' To advise the commission of the commencement of contract
10negotiations involving a collective bargaining unit containing transit employees,
11school district employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or
12technical college employees,
whenever either party requests the other to reopen
13negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
14otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
15party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
16Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
17notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
18collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
19the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
SB660,11,320 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
21parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
22agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
23containing a transit employee, a school district employee, a cooperative educational
24service agency employee, or a technical college employee
and that are held to present
25initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.

1Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
2Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
3agreement under this subchapter.
SB660,11,94 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
5labor disputes involving transit employees, school district employees, cooperative
6educational service agency employees, or technical college employees
upon request
7of one or both of the parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the
8mediator is to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the
9power of compulsion.
SB660,11,1610 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
11application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
12collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee, a school district employee,
13a cooperative educational service agency employee, or a technical college employee

14may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve
15as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
16person to serve as an arbitrator.
SB660,12,217 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
18resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
19employs a transit employee, a school district employee, a cooperative educational
20service agency employee, or a technical college employee
and labor organization may
21at any time, as a permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute
22settlement procedure, including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to
23the parties for resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining
24agreement under this subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with

1the commission. If the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the
2arbitrator shall give weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
SB660,12,183 6. a. If in any collective bargaining unit containing transit employees , school
4district employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or technical
5college employees
a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of
6negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
7settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
8the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
9hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
10agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
11writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
12paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
13writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
14its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
15of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
16on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is
17filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
18submit copies to the commission when the petition is filed.
SB660,27 19Section 27. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,12,2420 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours and conditions of employment
21of the transit employees, school district employees, cooperative educational service
22agency employees, or technical college employees
involved in the arbitration
23proceedings with the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees
24performing similar services.
SB660,28 25Section 28. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,13,6
1111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. e. Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
2employment of the transit employees, school district employees, cooperative
3educational service agency employees, or technical college employees
involved in the
4arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of
5other employees generally in public employment in the same community and in
6comparable communities.
SB660,29 7Section 29. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,13,138 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. f. Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
9employment of the transit employees, school district employees, cooperative
10educational service agency employees, or technical college employees
involved in the
11arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of
12other employees in private employment in the same community and in comparable
13communities.
SB660,30 14Section 30. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,13,2015 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. The overall compensation presently received by the transit
16employees, school district employees, cooperative educational service agency
17employees, or technical college employees
, including direct wage compensation,
18vacation, holidays, and excused time, insurance and pensions, medical and
19hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment, and all other
20benefits received.
SB660,31 21Section 31. 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,14,1222 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for
23the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the
24parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering transit
25employees, school district employees, cooperative educational service agency

1employees, or technical college employees
shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case
2may a collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting
3of transit employees, school district employees, cooperative educational service
4agency employees, or technical college employees
subject to this paragraph be for a
5term exceeding 3 years. No arbitration award involving transit employees, school
6district employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or technical
7college employees
may contain a provision for reopening of negotiations during the
8term of a collective bargaining agreement, unless both parties agree to such a
9provision. The requirement for agreement by both parties does not apply to a
10provision for reopening of negotiations with respect to any portion of an agreement
11that is declared invalid by a court or administrative agency or rendered invalid by
12the enactment of a law or promulgation of a federal regulation.
SB660,32 13Section 32. 111.70 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,15,414 111.70 (4) (d) 1. A representative chosen for the purposes of collective
15bargaining by a majority of the public safety employees or, transit employees, school
16district employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or technical
17college employees
voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
18representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.
19A representative chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51
20percent of the general municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be
21the exclusive representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective
22bargaining. Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any
23collective bargaining unit, shall have the right to present grievances to the municipal
24employer in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the
25municipal employer shall confer with the employee in relation thereto, if the majority

1representative has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conferences.
2Any adjustment resulting from these conferences may not be inconsistent with the
3conditions of employment established by the majority representative and the
4municipal employer.
SB660,33 5Section 33 . 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,16,176 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective
7bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible
8avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable
9in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. The commission may
10decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several
11departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational
12groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination,
13the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned
14to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate
15collective bargaining unit. The commission may not decide, however, that any group
16of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
17group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless
18a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The
19commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an
20appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district
21employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees.
22The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes
23an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes cooperative
24educational service agency employees and municipal employees who are not
25cooperative educational service agency employees. The commission may not decide

1that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective
2bargaining unit if the group includes technical college employees and municipal
3employees who are not technical college employees.
The commission may not decide
4that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective
5bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety employees and general
6municipal employees, if the group includes both transit employees and general
7municipal employees, or if the group includes both transit employees and public
8safety employees. The commission may not decide that any group of municipal
9employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes
10both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the craft employees
11vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the professional employees
12who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school, as defined in s. 115.001
13(1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that includes any other
14professional employees whenever at least 30 percent of those professional employees
15request an election to be held to determine that issue and a majority of the
16professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the election decide to
17be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
SB660,34 18Section 34. 111.70 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,17,419 111.70 (4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety and
20employees, transit employees, school district employees, cooperative educational
21service agency employees, and technical college employees
. A municipal employer is
22not required to bargain with public safety employees or , transit employees, school
23district employees, cooperative educational service agency employees, or technical
24college employees
on subjects reserved to management and direction of the
25governmental unit except insofar as the manner of exercise of such functions affects

1the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the public safety employees or, of
2the transit employees, of the school district employees, of the cooperative educational
3service agency employees, or of the technical college employees
in a collective
4bargaining unit.
SB660,35 5Section 35 . 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,17,216 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety
7employees or transit employees which violates sub. (4) (L) may not collect any dues
8under a collective bargaining agreement or under a fair-share agreement from any
9employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year. At the end of the
10period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless the labor
11organization is no longer authorized to represent the public safety employees or
12transit employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement or fair-share
13agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect. Any labor organization that
14represents school district employees, cooperative educational service agency
15employees, or technical college employees which violates sub. (4) (L) may not collect
16any dues under a collective bargaining agreement from any employee covered by the
17agreement for a period of one year. At the end of the period of suspension, any such
18agreement shall be reinstated unless the labor organization is no longer authorized
19to represent the school district employees, cooperative educational service agency
20employees, or technical college employees covered by the agreement or the
21agreement is no longer in effect.
SB660,36 22Section 36 . 111.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,18,823 111.81 (1) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
24obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the
25representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good

1faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect
2to public safety employees and employees represented by a collective bargaining unit
3under s. 111.825 (1r) (a) to (ec), (eh), (ei), or (f) or (1t)
, and to the subjects of bargaining
4provided in s. 111.91 (3), with respect to general employees, with the intention of
5reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement.
6The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or
7require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of
8any agreement reached to a written and signed document.
SB660,37 9Section 37. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB660,18,1210 111.81 (9g) “General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety
11employee or an employee who is represented by a collective bargaining unit under
12s. 111.825 (1r) (a) to (ec), (eh), (ei), or (f) or (1t)
.
SB660,38 13Section 38. 111.81 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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