MILW. FED. OF TEACHERS, LOCAL NO. 252 v. WERC

No. 76-049.

83 Wis.2d 588 (1978)

266 N.W.2d 314

MILWAUKEE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL No. 252, Appellant, v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent: MILWAUKEE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, Co-Respondent: MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Co-Respondent: UNITED MILWAUKEE EDUCATORS, Co-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Peter D. Goldberg, John S. Williamson, Jr., and Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen, S. C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Peter D. Goldberg.

For respondent Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For co-respondent Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, there was a brief by Richard Perry, Arthur Heitzer, and Perry & First, S. C. of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Richard Perry.


HANLEY, J.

Two issues are presented on this appeal:

1. Does the Municipal Employment Relations Act, as amended, prohibit a municipal employer from entering into and maintaining a dues checkoff arrangement with a minority union?

2. Is it a denial of equal protection for a municipal employer to enter into a dues checkoff arrangement with a majority union while refusing to enter into a similar arrangement with...

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