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SB70-SSA2-SA1,586 16Section 586. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,287,217 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
18agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
19employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
20employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
21agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
22terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
23award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
24binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a

1collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
2previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,587 3Section 587. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,287,114 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
5safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
6bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
7been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
8and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
9employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
10termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
11except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,588 12Section 588. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,287,1713 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
14employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
15agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
16to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
17agreement.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,589 18Section 589. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,287,2219 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
20deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
21unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
22contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,590 23Section 590. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,287,2424 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,591 25Section 591. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm) 1.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,592
1Section 592. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,288,72 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
3is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular
4job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
5populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
6commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
7is a frontline worker.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,593 8Section 593. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
9amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,288,2210 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
11employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
12frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
13commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
14bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
15containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
16negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
17otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
18party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
19Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
20notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
21collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
22the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,289,523 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
24parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
25agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit

1containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
2initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
3Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
4Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
5agreement under this subchapter.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,289,116 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
7labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
8bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
9parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
10encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
11compulsion.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,289,1712 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
13application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
14collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
15agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
16arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
17person to serve as an arbitrator.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,290,218 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
19resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
20employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
21containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
22permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,
23including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
24resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
25subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If

1the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
2weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,594 3Section 594. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,290,184 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. If, in any collective bargaining unit containing transit
5employees or a frontline worker, a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable
6period of negotiation 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.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,595 19Section 595. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., e. and f. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,290,2320 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours , and conditions of employment
21of the transit municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the
22wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar
23services.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,291,224 e. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
25municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,

1and conditions of employment of other employees generally in public employment in
2the same community and in comparable communities.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,291,63 f. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
4municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
5and conditions of employment of other employees in private employment in the same
6community and in comparable communities.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,596 7Section 596. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,291,128 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. The overall compensation presently received by the transit
9municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings, including direct wage
10compensation, vacation, holidays, and excused time, insurance and pensions,
11medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment,
12and all other benefits received.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,597 13Section 597. 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,292,214 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for
15the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the
16parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering transit
17employees or a frontline worker shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case may a
18collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of
19transit employees
subject to this paragraph be for a term exceeding 3 years. No
20arbitration award involving transit employees or a frontline worker may contain a
21provision for reopening of negotiations during the term of a collective bargaining
22agreement, unless both parties agree to such a provision. The requirement for
23agreement by both parties does not apply to a provision for reopening of negotiations
24with respect to any portion of an agreement that is declared invalid by a court or

1administrative agency or rendered invalid by the enactment of a law or promulgation
2of a federal regulation.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,598 3Section 598. 111.70 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,292,184 111.70 (4) (d) 1. A representative chosen for the purposes of collective
5bargaining by a majority of the public safety employees or transit municipal
6employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
7of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining. A representative
8chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general
9municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
10representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.

11Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective
12bargaining unit, shall have the right to present grievances to the municipal employer
13in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the municipal
14employer shall confer with the employee in relation thereto, if the majority
15representative has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conferences.
16Any adjustment resulting from these conferences may not be inconsistent with the
17conditions of employment established by the majority representative and the
18municipal employer.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,599 19Section 599. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,294,720 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective
21bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible
22avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable
23in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. The commission may
24decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several
25departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational

1groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination,
2the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned
3to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate
4collective bargaining unit. The commission may not decide, however, that any group
5of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
6group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless
7a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The
8commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an
9appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district
10employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees.
11The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes
12an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety
13employees and general municipal employees, if the group includes both transit
14employees and general municipal employees, or if the group includes both transit
15employees and public safety employees
place public safety employees in a collective
16bargaining unit with employees who are not public safety employees or place transit
17employees in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are not transit
18employees. The commission may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining
19unit with municipal employees who are not frontline workers if the commission
20determines it is appropriate; if the commission places in a collective bargaining unit
21frontline workers and municipal employees who are not frontline workers, the
22collective bargaining unit is treated as if all employees in the collective bargaining
23unit are frontline workers
. The commission may not decide that any group of
24municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
25group includes both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the

1craft employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the
2professional employees who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school,
3as defined in s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that
4includes any other professional employees whenever at least 30 percent of those
5professional employees request an election to be held to determine that issue and a
6majority of the professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the
7election decide to be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,600 8Section 600. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. a. and c. of the statutes are consolidated and
9renumbered 111.70 (4) (d) 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,601 10Section 601. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,602 11Section 602. 111.70 (4) (mb) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,294,1512 111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees.
13(intro.) The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a
14collective bargaining unit containing a only general municipal employee employees
15with respect to any of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,603 16Section 603. 111.70 (4) (mbb) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,294,2217 111.70 (4) (mbb) Consumer price index change. For purposes of determining
18compliance with par. (mb), the commission shall provide, upon request, to a
19municipal employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit
20containing a only general municipal employee employees, the consumer price index
21change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from
22the department of revenue.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,604 23Section 604. 111.70 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,295,824 111.70 (4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety and
25employees, transit employees, and municipal employees in a collective bargaining

1unit containing a frontline worker
. A municipal employer is not required to bargain
2with public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal employees in a
3collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
on subjects reserved to
4management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner
5of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and conditions of employment
6of the public safety employees or in a collective bargaining unit, of the transit
7employees in a collective bargaining unit, or of the municipal employees in the
8collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker, whichever is appropriate
.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,605 9Section 605. 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,295,1710 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety
11employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker which violates sub. (4) (L) may
12not collect any dues under a collective bargaining agreement or under a fair-share
13agreement from any employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year.
14At the end of the period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless
15the labor organization is no longer authorized to represent the public safety
16employees or transit
municipal employees covered by the collective bargaining
17agreement or fair-share agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,606 18Section 606. 111.81 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.81 (1s) and amended
19to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,720 111.81 (1s) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
21obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the
22representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good
23faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect
24to
for public safety employees, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in
25s. 111.91 (1w) for employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline

1worker,
and with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (3), with
2respect to
for general employees who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not
3contain a frontline worker
, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve
4questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not
5compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
6Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written
7and signed document.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,607 8Section 607. 111.81 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,109 111.81 (1d) “Authority” means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch.
10231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,608 11Section 608. 111.81 (7) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,1212 111.81 (7) (ag) An employee of an authority.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,609 13Section 609. 111.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,1414 111.81 (8) “Employer" means the state of Wisconsin and includes an authority.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,610 15Section 610. 111.81 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,2216 111.81 (9) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer
17and a labor organization representing public safety employees or a frontline worker
18under which all of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
19of the employees
in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker are
20required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
21process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
22required of all members.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,611 23Section 611. 111.81 (9b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,296,2524 111.81 (9b) “Frontline worker” means an employee who is determined to be a
25frontline worker under s. 111.817.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,612
1Section 612. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,297,32 111.81 (9g) “General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety
3employee or a frontline worker.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,613 4Section 613. 111.81 (12) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,297,85 111.81 (12) (intro.) “Labor organization" means any employee organization
6whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer,
7or its agents, on matters that are subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.91 (1),
8(1w),
or (3), whichever is applicable; but the term shall not include any organization:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,614 9Section 614. 111.81 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,297,1810 111.81 (12m) “Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement
11between the employer and a labor organization representing public safety employees
12or a frontline worker which requires that all of the public safety employees or
13employees who are in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

14whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.84 (1) (f) at
15the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the
16duration of the agreement, and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all
17public safety such employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the
18agreement.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,615 19Section 615. 111.81 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,297,2520 111.81 (16) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in
21which public safety employees in a collective bargaining unit or all employees in a
22collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
may cast a secret ballot on
23the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a
24fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement or to terminate such an
25agreement.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,616
1Section 616. 111.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,298,222 111.815 (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered
3as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the
4state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The division shall negotiate and
5administer collective bargaining agreements. To coordinate the employer position
6in the negotiation of agreements, the division shall maintain close liaison with the
7legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal ramifications of
8those agreements. Except with respect to the collective bargaining units specified
9in s. 111.825 (1r) and (1t), the division is responsible for the employer functions of the
10executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective
11bargaining activities with operating state agencies on matters of agency concern and
12with operating authorities on matters of authority concern
. The legislative branch
13shall act upon those portions of tentative agreements negotiated by the division that
14require legislative action. With respect to the collective bargaining units specified
15in s. 111.825 (1r), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System is
16responsible for the employer functions under this subchapter. With respect to the
17collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1t), the chancellor of the
18University of Wisconsin-Madison is responsible for the employer functions under
19this subchapter. With respect to the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825
20(1r) (ef), the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s.
21118.40 (2r) (cm), 2013 stats., is responsible for the employer functions under this
22subchapter.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,617 23Section 617. 111.817 of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,299,4 24111.817 Duty of commission; determination of frontline workers. The
25commission shall determine that an employee is a frontline worker if the commission

1finds that the employee has regular job duties that include interacting with members
2of the public or with large populations of people or that directly involve the
3maintenance of public works. The commission may not determine that a public
4safety employee is a frontline worker.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,618 5Section 618. 111.82 of the statutes is renumbered 111.82 (1) and amended to
6read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,299,157 111.82 (1) Employees have the right of self-organization and the right to form,
8join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of
9their own choosing under this subchapter, and to engage in lawful, concerted
10activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
11Employees also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities. A general
12employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the general employee
13is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker. Unless the general
14employee is covered by a fair-share agreement, a general employee
has the right to
15refrain from paying dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,619 16Section 619. 111.82 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,299,2317 111.82 (2) General employees who are not in a collective bargaining unit
18containing a frontline worker have the right to have their employer consult with
19them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no intention of reaching
20an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment. The
21right may be exercised either when the employer proposes or implements policy
22changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or, if no policy changes
23are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,620 24Section 620. 111.825 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,300,6
1111.825 (1) (intro.) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful
2collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive
3fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective
4bargaining units for employees in the classified service of the state and for employees
5of authorities
are structured on a statewide basis with one collective bargaining unit
6for each of the following occupational groups:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,621 7Section 621. 111.825 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,300,158 111.825 (3) The commission shall assign employees to the appropriate
9collective bargaining units set forth in subs. (1), (1r), (1t), and (2). The commission
10may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are
11not frontline workers if the commission determines it is appropriate; if the
12commission places in a collective bargaining unit frontline workers and employees
13who are not frontline workers, the collective bargaining unit is treated as if all
14employees in the collective bargaining unit are frontline workers and may bargain
15as provided in s. 111.91 (1w).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,622 16Section 622. 111.825 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,301,517 111.825 (5) Although supervisors are not considered employees for purposes
18of this subchapter, the commission may consider a petition for a statewide collective
19bargaining unit of professional supervisors or a statewide unit of nonprofessional
20supervisors in the classified service, but the representative of supervisors may not
21be affiliated with any labor organization representing employees. For purposes of
22this subsection, affiliation does not include membership in a national, state, county
23or municipal federation of national or international labor organizations. The
24certified representative of supervisors who are not public safety employees or
25frontline workers
may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter other than

1wages as provided in s. 111.91 (3), and the certified representative of supervisors who
2are public safety employees may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter
3other than wages and fringe benefits as provided in s. 111.91 (1) , and the certified
4representative of supervisors who are frontline workers may bargain as provided in
5s. 111.91 (1w)
.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,623 6Section 623. 111.83 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,301,207 111.83 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), a representative chosen for the
8purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general employees in
9a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all of the
10employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. A
representative
11chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by a majority of the public safety
12employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
13of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. Any
14individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective bargaining
15unit, may present grievances to the employer in person, or through representatives
16of their own choosing, and the employer shall confer with the employee or group of
17employees in relation thereto if the majority representative has been afforded the
18opportunity to be present at the conference. Any adjustment resulting from such a
19conference may not be inconsistent with the conditions of employment established
20by the majority representative and the employer.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,624 21Section 624. 111.83 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.83 (3).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,625 22Section 625. 111.83 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,626 23Section 626. 111.83 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,302,724 111.83 (4) Whenever an election has been conducted under sub. (3) (a) in which
25the name of more than one proposed representative appears on the ballot and results

1in no conclusion, the commission may, if requested by any party to the proceeding
2within 30 days from the date of the certification of the results of the election, conduct
3a runoff election. In that runoff election, the commission shall drop from the ballot
4the name of the representative who received the least number of votes at the original
5election. The commission shall drop from the ballot the privilege of voting against
6any representative if the least number of votes cast at the first election was against
7representation by any named representative.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,627 8Section 627. 111.84 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,302,189 111.84 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
10(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with a representative of a majority of its
11employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Where the employer has a
12good faith doubt as to whether a labor organization claiming the support of a majority
13of its employees in appropriate collective bargaining unit does in fact have that
14support, it may file with the commission a petition requesting an election as to that
15claim. It is not deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and
16the results thereof certified to it by the commission. A violation of this paragraph
17includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining
18agreement previously orally agreed upon.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,628 19Section 628. 111.84 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,303,320 111.84 (1) (f) To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
21safety employee or an employee who is in a collective bargaining unit containing a
22frontline worker
, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order
23therefor, signed by the public safety employee personally, and terminable by at least
24the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety employee giving at least
2530 but not more than 120 days' written notice of such termination to the employer

1and to the representative labor organization, except if there is a fair-share or
2maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to
3the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,629 4Section 629. 111.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,303,135 111.84 (2) (c) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
6(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with the duly authorized officer or agent
7of the employer which is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining
8representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) in an appropriate
9collective bargaining unit or with the certified exclusive collective bargaining
10representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in an appropriate
11collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited
12to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously orally agreed
13upon.
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