Wisconsin Administrative Code › Employment Relations Commission › ERC 30-39 - Municipal Sector Interest Dispute Resolution Processes › Chapter ERC 32 - Collective bargaining and interest arbitration in municipal sector disputes not involving law enforcement or fire fighting employees › Section ERC 32.05 - Petition to initiate arbitration

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) WHO MAY FILE. A
						petition to initiate arbitration may be filed by a municipal employer, a
						recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of municipal
						employees in a bargaining unit described in s.
						ERC
						32.01, or by anyone authorized to act on their
						behalf.
(2) FORM; NUMBER OF COPIES;
						FILING; SERVICE. The petition shall be in writing on a form provided by the
						commission, or a facsimile of the commission's form. The petition is not filed
						until it and the filing fee established by s.
						ERC
						10.08(5) have been received by the
						commission at its Madison office during normal business hours specified in s.
						ERC
						10.06(1). If the parties have
						previously paid a mediation filing fee for the same dispute under s.
						ERC
						10.08(3), no fee shall be paid for
						the arbitration. The petition shall be transmitted to the commission as set
						forth in s.
						ERC
						10.06(1). If the petition is filed in
						paper form, a total of 2 copies of the petition and of all required enclosures
						shall be included. The fee may be transmitted to the commission by physical
						delivery or mail. The party filing the petition shall, at the same time, serve
						a copy of the request on the other party as set forth in s.
						ERC
						10.07.
(3)
						CONTENTS. The petition shall include all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the municipal
						employer involved and the name, address and phone number of its principal
						representative. Fax numbers and e-mail addresses shall be included, if
						available.
(b) The name and address
						of the exclusive collective bargaining representative involved, as well as the
						name, title, address and phone number of its principal representative. Fax
						numbers and e-mail addresses shall be included, if available.
(c) A general description of the collective
						bargaining unit involved and the approximate number of employees included in
						the unit.
(d) A statement that the
						parties are deadlocked after a reasonable period of negotiation and after
						mediation by the commission, if any, and other settlement procedures, if any,
						established by the parties have been exhausted, with respect to a dispute
						between them over wages, hours and conditions of employment to be included in a
						new collective bargaining agreement.
(e) The date when notice was served to open
						negotiations and the identity of the party serving same.
(f) The date or dates when proposals were
						exchanged in open meeting.
(g) The
						number of negotiation meetings prior to mediation, if any, by the
						commission.
(h) The dates on which
						mediation, if any, was conducted and the identity of the commission
						mediator.
(i) The termination date
						of the existing collective bargaining agreement, if any.
(j) The identity of the party filing the
						petition; the name, title and signature, or signature facsimile, of the
						individual signing the petition; and date when the petition was transmitted to
						the commission.
(k) The petitioning
						party's preliminary final offer containing its latest proposals on all issues
						in dispute.