AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ar 18Section 341ar. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
19amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,220 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
21right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
22representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
23for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
24employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
25municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the

1general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
2worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
3agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues
4while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
5or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
6unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
7required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
8fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
9contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
10as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
11the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
12A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
13subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
14commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
15at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
16fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
17a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
18majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
19any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
20commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
21refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a
22member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
23municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
24to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public

1safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
2before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341as 3Section 341as. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,104 111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
5bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
6employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
7intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
8employment. The right may be exercised when the municipal employer proposes or
9implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or,
10if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341at 11Section 341at. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,1512 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
13organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
14conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
15agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341au 16Section 341au. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,217 111.70 (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.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341av 3Section 341av. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,114 111.70 (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.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341aw 12Section 341aw. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,1713 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.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ax 18Section 341ax. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,2219 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.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ay 23Section 341ay. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,2424 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341az
1Section 341az. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm)
21.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bb 3Section 341bb. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,84,94 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
5is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular
6job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
7populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
8commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
9is a frontline worker.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bc 10Section 341bc. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
11amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,84,2412 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
13employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
14frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
15commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
16bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
17containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
18negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
19otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
20party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
21Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
22notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
23collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
24the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,8
12. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
2parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
3agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
4containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
5initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
6Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
7Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
8agreement under this subchapter.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,149 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
10labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
11bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
12parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
13encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
14compulsion.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,2015 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
16application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
17collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
18agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
19arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
20person to serve as an arbitrator.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,86,521 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
22resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
23employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
24containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
25permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,

1including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
2resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
3subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If
4the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
5weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bd 6Section 341bd. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,86,217 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. If, in any collective bargaining unit containing transit
8employees or a frontline worker, a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable
9period of negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
10settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
11the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
12hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
13agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
14writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
15paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
16writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
17its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
18of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
19on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is
20filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
21submit copies to the commission when the petition is filed.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341be 22Section 341be. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., e. and f. of the statutes are amended to
23read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,87,224 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours , and conditions of employment
25of the transit municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the

1wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar
2services.