SB111,1865 7Section 1865. 111.82 of the statutes is renumbered 111.82 (1) and amended
8to read:
SB111,1087,179 111.82 (1) Employees have the right of self-organization and the right to form,
10join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of
11their own choosing under this subchapter, and to engage in lawful, concerted
12activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
13Employees also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities. A general
14employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the general employee
15is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker. Unless the general
16employee is covered by a fair-share agreement, a general employee
has the right to
17refrain from paying dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit.
SB111,1866 18Section 1866. 111.82 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1087,2519 111.82 (2) General employees who are not in a collective bargaining unit
20containing a frontline worker have the right to have their employer consult with
21them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no intention of reaching
22an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment. The
23right may be exercised when the employer proposes or implements policy changes
24affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or, if no policy changes are
25proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
SB111,1867
1Section 1867. 111.825 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1088,72 111.825 (1) (intro.) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful
3collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive
4fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective
5bargaining units for employees in the classified service of the state and for employees
6of authorities
are structured on a statewide basis with one collective bargaining unit
7for each of the following occupational groups:
SB111,1868 8Section 1868. 111.825 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1088,169 111.825 (3) The commission shall assign employees to the appropriate
10collective bargaining units set forth in subs. (1), (1r), (1t), and (2). The commission
11may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are
12not frontline workers if the commission determines it is appropriate; if the
13commission places in a collective bargaining unit frontline workers and employees
14who are not frontline workers, the collective bargaining unit is treated as if all
15employees in the collective bargaining unit are frontline workers and may bargain
16as provided in s. 111.91 (1w).
SB111,1869 17Section 1869. 111.825 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1089,618 111.825 (5) Although supervisors are not considered employees for purposes
19of this subchapter, the commission may consider a petition for a statewide collective
20bargaining unit of professional supervisors or a statewide unit of nonprofessional
21supervisors in the classified service, but the representative of supervisors may not
22be affiliated with any labor organization representing employees. For purposes of
23this subsection, affiliation does not include membership in a national, state, county
24or municipal federation of national or international labor organizations. The
25certified representative of supervisors who are not public safety employees or

1frontline workers
may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter other than
2wages as provided in s. 111.91 (3), and the certified representative of supervisors who
3are public safety employees may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter
4other than wages and fringe benefits as provided in s. 111.91 (1) , and the certified
5representative of supervisors who are frontline workers may bargain as provided in
6s. 111.91 (1w)
.
SB111,1870 7Section 1870. 111.83 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1089,218 111.83 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), a representative chosen for the
9purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general employees in
10a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all of the
11employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. A
representative
12chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by a majority of the public safety
13employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
14of all of the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. Any
15individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective bargaining
16unit, may present grievances to the employer in person, or through representatives
17of their own choosing, and the employer shall confer with the employee or group of
18employees in relation thereto if the majority representative has been afforded the
19opportunity to be present at the conference. Any adjustment resulting from such a
20conference may not be inconsistent with the conditions of employment established
21by the majority representative and the employer.
SB111,1871 22Section 1871. 111.83 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.83 (3).
SB111,1872 23Section 1872. 111.83 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1873 24Section 1873. 111.83 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1090,9
1111.83 (4) Whenever an election has been conducted under sub. (3) (a) in which
2the name of more than one proposed representative appears on the ballot and results
3in no conclusion, the commission may, if requested by any party to the proceeding
4within 30 days from the date of the certification of the results of the election, conduct
5a runoff election. In that runoff election, the commission shall drop from the ballot
6the name of the representative who received the least number of votes at the original
7election. The commission shall drop from the ballot the privilege of voting against
8any representative if the least number of votes cast at the first election was against
9representation by any named representative.
SB111,1874 10Section 1874. 111.84 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1090,2011 111.84 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
12(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with a representative of a majority of its
13employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Where the employer has a
14good faith doubt as to whether a labor organization claiming the support of a majority
15of its employees in appropriate collective bargaining unit does in fact have that
16support, it may file with the commission a petition requesting an election as to that
17claim. It is not deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has been held and
18the results thereof certified to it by the commission. A violation of this paragraph
19includes, but is not limited to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining
20agreement previously orally agreed upon.
SB111,1875 21Section 1875. 111.84 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1091,522 111.84 (1) (f) To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
23safety employee or an employee who is in a collective bargaining unit containing a
24frontline worker
, unless the employer has been presented with an individual order
25therefor, signed by the public safety employee personally, and terminable by at least

1the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety employee giving at least
230 but not more than 120 days' written notice of such termination to the employer
3and to the representative labor organization, except if there is a fair-share or
4maintenance of membership agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to
5the labor organization of receipt of such notice of termination.
SB111,1876 6Section 1876. 111.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1091,157 111.84 (2) (c) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91
8(1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with the duly authorized officer or agent
9of the employer which is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining
10representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) in an appropriate
11collective bargaining unit or with the certified exclusive collective bargaining
12representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in an appropriate
13collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited
14to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously orally agreed
15upon.
SB111,1877 16Section 1877. 111.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1092,217 111.85 (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement
18covering public safety employees under this subchapter may become effective unless
19authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it
20receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the public safety
21employees in a collective bargaining unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in
22a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
desire that a fair-share or
23maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and
24a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a

1maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited
2to that question.
SB111,1092,133 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the
4eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
5agreement or at least two-thirds of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
6containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement
. For a
7maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the
8eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the
9agreement or at least a majority of the employees in a collective bargaining unit
10containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement
. In a referendum
11on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the
12eligible public safety employees vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of
13membership agreement is authorized.
SB111,1093,314 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in
15a referendum ordered under par. (a), the employer shall enter into such an
16agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each
17fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision
18requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor
19organization from the earnings of the public safety employees affected by the
20agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the
21parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after
22certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement.
23The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other
24forms of liability made by public safety the employees affected by the agreement or
25by local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in

1compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits, and other forms
2of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the
3agreement.
SB111,1093,104 (d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, a public
5safety
an employee affected by the agreement who has religious convictions against
6dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or
7religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor
8organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the
9public safety employee and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this
10paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.
SB111,1878 11Section 1878. 111.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1094,312 111.85 (2) (a) Once authorized under sub. (1), a fair-share or maintenance of
13membership agreement covering public safety employees shall continue in effect,
14subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the
15commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof
16that at least 30 percent of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining
17unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing
18a frontline worker
desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership
19agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new
20referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership
21agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting
22public safety employees required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued
23in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a
24further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the
25continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it is deemed

1terminated
terminates at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or
2one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever
3is earlier.