June 10, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Agard, Carpenter, Bewley, Roys,
Ringhand, Larson and Erpenbach, cosponsored by Representatives Subeck,
S. Rodriguez, Milroy, Brostoff, Hebl, Shelton, Pope, Conley, Baldeh,
Hesselbein, Doyle, Goyke, Neubauer, Vruwink, B. Meyers, Vining, Billings,
McGuire, Anderson, Shankland, Snodgrass, Considine, Spreitzer, Riemer,
Cabrera, Stubbs, Hintz, Drake, Sinicki, Hong, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, L.
Myers, Andraca and Haywood. Referred to Committee on Labor and
Regulatory Reform.

SB404,1,10 1An Act to repeal 111.04 (2); to renumber and amend 111.02 (7) (a), 111.115
2(1) and 111.17; to amend 40.02 (25) (b) 8., 40.05 (4) (b), 40.05 (5) (intro.), 40.05
3(5) (b) 4., 40.05 (6) (a), 40.62 (2), 111.02 (1), 111.02 (3), 111.02 (5), 111.04 (3) (a)
4(intro.), 111.05 (1), 111.05 (2), 111.05 (3), 111.05 (3m), 111.06 (1) (c), 111.06 (1)
5(d), 111.06 (1) (e), 111.06 (1) (i), 111.06 (2) (i), 111.115 (title), 233.03 (7) and
6233.10 (2) (intro.); and to create 20.921 (1) (a) 2g., 111.02 (4m), 111.02 (7) (a)
72., 111.02 (9m), 111.02 (10m), 111.05 (5), 111.06 (1) (cm), 111.06 (1) (m), 111.075,
8111.115 (1) (a), 111.115 (2), 111.13, 111.17 (2), 233.04 (2e), 233.04 (2m) and
9233.04 (2s) of the statutes; relating to: collective bargaining for employees of
10the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

This bill allows employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Authority to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment.
Under current law, employers and employees are prohibited from collective
bargaining except as expressly provided in the statutes.

Prior to changes made by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, employees of the UWHCA had
the right to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment,

and UWHCA was required to bargain over those subjects. The bill restores those
rights and also authorizes UWHCA employees to enter into maintenance of
membership agreements.

Current right-to-work law prohibits a person from requiring, as a condition of
obtaining or continuing employment, an individual to refrain or resign from
membership in a labor organization, to become or remain a member of a labor
organization, to pay dues or other charges to a labor organization, or to pay any other
person an amount that is in place of dues or charges required of members of a labor
organization. The bill removes these prohibitions with respect to employees of the
UWHCA.

2. Provides that, when an all-union agreement between the UWHCA and the
representative of a collective bargaining unit is in effect, it is not an unfair labor
practice to deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an employee's
earnings.

3. Sets conditions for the continuation or termination of all-union agreements,
including that, if the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission determines
there is reasonable grounds to believe employees in an all-union agreement have
changed their attitude about the agreement, WERC is required to conduct a
referendum to determine whether the employees wish to continue the agreement.
WERC is required to terminate an all-union agreement if it finds the union
unreasonably refused to admit an employee into the union.