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BROWNE v. WERC

No. 89-1094.

169 Wis.2d 79 (1992)

485 N.W.2d 376

(T.C. No. 750-002) Phyllis Ann BROWNE, Dorothy Ackerman, Oreba Alexander, Sheri L. Bartoli, Betty C. Bassett, Joanne Beck, Joann M. Behling, Jeanette A. Bennett, Donna J. Borowski, Ruth Buenger, Ruth Burba, Ivona M. Bureta, Therese Burger, Judith Campeau, Rosalie J. Cherrone, Margaret Cieszynski, Yetta Dietch, La Verne Dugan, Beverly Engelland, Dorothy H. Gaus, Doris A. Gohlke, Judith D. Goss, Beverly A. Gray, Corinne T. Gross, Katherine L. Hanna, Mary J. Hanson, Nora R. Herriges, Donna J. Holstein, Mildred L. Hudson, Noreen M. Jacobi, Inez L. Kiles, Joyce Knippel, Linda Koebert, Hermine A. Kunda, Virginia Lemberger, Evelyn E. Markowski, Florence Markwiese, Mary Marinetto, Helen Marx, Barbara A. Morbeck, Christine M. Musial, Christine R. Nault, Esther Palsgrove, Eleanore Peliska, Faye M. Pohl, Josephine Pon, Lorraine Richardson, Annie L. Riley, Sandra Schueller, Esther L. Schueneman, Virginia A. Schwerm, Rosemarie Schwertfeger, Dorothy Strauss, Deborah J. Strelecki, Ninette Sunn, Lorraine Teske, Grace G. Voelz, Irene B. Wagner, Audrey A. Wickert, Dorothy E. Wilkes, Dorothy A. Koch, Walter J. Johnson, Edward L. Barlow, Erna Byrne, Lynn M. Kozlowski, Cherry Ann Lackey, Gerald Leranth, Irving E. Nicolai, Doris M. Piper, Christina Pitts, Mildred Pizzino, Helen Ryznar, Marshall M. Scott, John P. Skocir, Anne C. Tebo, Oliver J. Waldschmidt, Annabelle Wolter, Barbara Barrish, Doris M. Conner, Terese G. Fabian, Kathleen S. Fleury, Mary E. Jaeger, Regina S. Karpowitz, Carolyn Lohmiller, Kenneth E. Multhauf, Mildred Noffz, Teresa Patzke, Carol S. Peters, Dorothy E. Riedel, Cynthia Schneider, Ruth Cheryl Thompson, Ione Trachsel and Dolores V. Winter, Petitioners-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent. The AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, DISTRICT COUNCIL 48, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Joh Parr, Director of District Council 48, Local 1053, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Margaret Silkey, as President of Local 1053, Florence Tefelske, as Treasurer of Local 1053, Local 594, AFSCME, affiliated with District Council 48, Local 645, AFSCME, Local 882, AFSCME, Local 1055, AFSCME, Local 1654, AFSCME, Local 1656, AFSCME, all affiliated with District Council 48, Petitioners-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there were briefs by Charles P. Stevens and Lindner & Marsack, S.C., Milwaukee and Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr. and Milton L. Chappell and The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, Virginia and oral argument by Mr. Stevens and Mr. LaJeunesse.

For the respondent the cause was argued by John D. Niemisto, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle.

For the intervenor-respondents there was a brief by Larry P. Weinberg and Robert D. Lenhard, Washington, D.C. and John H. Bowers and Lawton & Cates, S.C., Madison and oral argument by Mr. Weinberg and Mr. Bowers.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by Pamela Jacobs and Bruce Meredith, Madison for the Wisconsin Education Association Council.

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a consolidated appeal on certification of the court of appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Michael P. Sullivan, Circuit Judge, affirming on review pursuant to ch. 227, Stats., a final decision of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) regarding constitutional and statutory claims arising out of fair-share agreements between the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, Milwaukee County and various...

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