AB438: Bill Text

AB438,13,13 (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.

AB438,13,16 (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.

AB438,14,4 (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.

AB438,14,10 (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.

AB438,14,23 (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.

AB438,15,6 (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.

AB438,15,9 (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.

AB438,15,12 (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.

AB438,31 Section 31. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB438,15,14 111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.

AB438,32 Section 32. 111.115 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB438,15,17 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, “strike":

AB438,15,21 (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.

AB438,33 Section 33. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,16,3 111.115 (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.

AB438,34 Section 34. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,16,12 111.115 (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.

AB438,35 Section 35. 111.13 of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,16,17 111.13 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.

AB438,16,25 (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.

AB438,17,17 (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.

AB438,17,25 (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.

AB438,36 Section 36. 111.17 of the statutes is renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB438,18,5 111.17 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:

AB438,18,7 (1) In any situation where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.

AB438,37 Section 37. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,18,20 111.17 (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.

AB438,38 Section 38. 233.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB438,19,2 233.03 (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.

AB438,39 Section 39. 233.04 (2e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,19,10 233.04 (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.

AB438,40 Section 40. 233.04 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,19,14 233.04 (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.

AB438,41 Section 41. 233.04 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB438,19,23 233.04 (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.

AB438,42 Section 42. 233.10 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB438,20,4 233.10 (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:

AB438,20,5 (End)