Court Opinion

ID: 8202762
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 23:40:30.997469+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:40:59.683818
License: Public Domain

GARTZKE, P.J.
{dissenting). Unfair labor practice complaints are submitted to WERC. Section 111.84(4), STATS. The complaint in this case has to do with arbitration of a labor grievance. Labor arbitration raises issues within WERC's expertise. When, as here, the issue turns on the meaning of "all lost wages and benefits" in an arbitrator's award, it is proper for WERC to remand the matter to the arbitrator to find out what the arbitrator meant. WERC did not know, the trial court did not know, and one member of this panel does *417not know what the arbitrator meant. The majority's claim that it knows is surprising.