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21(1) It recognizes that there are 3 major interests involved, namely: the public,
22the employee, and the employer. These 3 interests are to a considerable extent
23interrelated. It is the policy of the state to protect and promote each of these interests
24with due regard to the situation and to the rights of the others.
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1(2) Industrial peace, regular and adequate income for the employee, and
2uninterrupted production of goods and services are promotive of all of these
3interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly, and
4mutually satisfactory employment relations and the availability of suitable
5machinery for the peaceful adjustment of whatever controversies may arise. It is
6recognized that certain employers, including farmers, farmer cooperatives, and
7unincorporated farmer cooperative associations, in addition to their general
8employer problems, face special problems arising from perishable commodities and
9seasonal production that require adequate consideration. It is also recognized that
10whatever may be the rights of disputants with respect to each other in any
11controversy regarding employment relations, they should not be permitted, in the
12conduct of their controversy, to intrude directly into the primary rights of 3rd parties
13to earn a livelihood, transact business, and engage in the ordinary affairs of life by
14any lawful means and free from molestation, interference, restraint, or coercion.
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15(3) Negotiations of terms and conditions of work should result from voluntary
16agreement between employer and employee. For the purpose of such negotiation an
17employee has the right, if the employee desires, to associate with others in organizing
18and bargaining collectively through representatives of the employee's own choosing,
19without intimidation or coercion from any source.
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20(4) It is the policy of the state, in order to preserve and promote the interests
21of the public, the employee, and the employer alike, to establish standards of fair
22conduct in employment relations and to provide a convenient, expeditious, and
23impartial tribunal by which these interests may have their respective rights and
24obligations adjudicated. While limiting individual and group rights of aggression
1and defense, the state substitutes processes of justice for the more primitive methods
2of trial by combat.
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3Section 341ad. 111.04 (1) and (2) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
4111.04 and amended to read:
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5111.04 Rights of employees. Employees shall have the right of
6self-organization and the right to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain
7collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful,
8concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or
9protection.
(2) Employees shall
also have the right to refrain from
self-organization;
10forming, joining, or assisting labor organizations; bargaining collectively through
11representatives; or engaging in activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or
12other mutual aid or protection such activities.
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111.06
(1) (c) To encourage or discourage membership in any labor
16organization, employee agency, committee, association, or representation plan by
17discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of
18employment
except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union agreement is
19in effect. An employer may enter into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily
20recognized representative of the employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at
21least a majority of such employees voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot,
22in favor of the all-union agreement in a referendum conducted by the commission,
23except that where the bargaining representative has been certified by either the
24commission or the national labor relations board as the result of a representation
25election, no referendum is required to authorize the entry into an all-union
1agreement. An authorization of an all-union agreement continues, subject to the
2right of either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct
3a new referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of the petition, if the commission
4determines there is reasonable ground to believe that the employees concerned have
5changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement, the commission shall
6conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is supported
7on a referendum by a vote at least equal to that provided in this paragraph for its
8initial authorization, it may continue, subject to the right to petition for a further
9vote by the procedure under this paragraph. If the continuance of the all-union
10agreement is not supported on a referendum, it terminates at the expiration of the
11contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the
12announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is
13earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated
14whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to
15receive as a member any employee of such employer. An interested person may, as
16provided in s. 111.07, request the commission to perform this duty.
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111.06
(1) (e) To bargain collectively with the representatives of less than a
19majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or to enter into
20an all-union agreement
except in the manner provided in par. (c).
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111.06
(1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an
23employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual
24order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable
at the end of any
25year of its life by the employee giving to the employer at least 30 days' written notice
1of the termination
. This paragraph applies to the extent permitted under federal law 2unless there is an all-union agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to
3the labor organization of receipt of a notice of termination.”.
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109.09
(1) The department shall investigate and attempt equitably to adjust
7controversies between employers and employees
as to
regarding alleged wage
8claims. The department may receive and investigate any wage claim that is filed
9with the department, or received by the department under s. 109.10 (4), no later than
102 years after the date the wages are due. The department may, after receiving a wage
11claim, investigate any wages due from the employer against whom the claim is filed
12to any employee during the period commencing 2 years before the date the claim is
13filed. The department shall enforce this chapter and
s. ss. 66.0903,
2013 stats., s.
14103.49, 2013 stats., s. 229.8275, 2013 stats., and s. 16.856, 2015 stats., and ss. 103.02,
15103.49, 103.82,
and 104.12
, and 229.8275. In pursuance of this duty, the department
16may sue the employer on behalf of the employee to collect any wage claim or wage
17deficiency and ss. 109.03 (6) and 109.11 (2) and (3) shall apply to such actions. Except
18for actions under s. 109.10, the department may refer such an action to the district
19attorney of the county in which the violation occurs for prosecution and collection and
20the district attorney shall commence an action in the circuit court having appropriate
21jurisdiction. Any number of wage claims or wage deficiencies against the same
22employer may be joined in a single proceeding, but the court may order separate
23trials or hearings. In actions that are referred to a district attorney under this
24subsection, any taxable costs recovered by the district attorney shall be paid into the
1general fund of the county in which the violation occurs and used by that county to
2meet its financial responsibility under s. 978.13 (2) (b) for the operation of the office
3of the district attorney who prosecuted the action.
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111.322
(2m) (a) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce any
6right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.11, 103.13, 103.28, 103.32, 103.34, 103.455,
7103.50, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55, or ss. 101.58 to 101.599
8or 103.64 to 103.82.
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111.322
(2m) (b) The individual testifies or assists in any action or proceeding
11held under or to enforce any right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.11, 103.13, 103.28,
12103.32, 103.34, 103.455,
103.50, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55,
13or ss. 101.58 to 101.599 or 103.64 to 103.82.
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111.322
(2m) (c) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce a right
16under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275 or testifies or assists in any action or
17proceeding under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275.”.
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109.03
(1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
21request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
22school year, unless
, with respect to private school employees, the employees are
23covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
24of payment.
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111.70
(1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
3obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
4representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
5confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
6agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
7wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees
or, for 8transit employees
and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
9that contains a frontline worker; with respect to wages for general municipal
10employees
, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
11worker; and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
12employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
1361.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
14except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
15proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
16under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
17reached to a written and signed document.
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111.70
(1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
20municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
21employees
or, transit employees
, or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
22public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit
or all
23or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker 24are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
1process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
2required of all members.