Collective bargaining units
Wis. Stat. § 111.825
in effect(1) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective bargaining units for employees in the classified service of the state are structured on a statewide basis with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following occupational groups:
(a) Administrative support.
(b) Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
(c) Building trades crafts.
(cm) Law enforcement.
(d) Security and public safety.
(e) Technical.
(f) Professional:
1. Fiscal and staff services.
2. Research, statistics and analysis.
3. Legal.
4. Patient treatment.
5. Patient care.
6. Social services.
7. Education.
8. Engineering.
9. Science.
(g) Public safety employees.
(1r) Except as provided in sub. (2), collective bargaining units for employees who are employed by the University of Wisconsin System, other than employees who are assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are structured with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following occupational groups:
(a) Administrative support.
(b) Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
(c) Building trades crafts.
(cm) Law enforcement.
(d) Security and public safety.
(e) Technical.
(eb) The program, project and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
(ec) The program, project and teaching assistants of the Universities of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior and Whitewater.
(ef) Instructional staff employed by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provide services for a charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2013 stats.
(eh) Research assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
(ei) Research assistants of the Universities of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater.
(em) The program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
(er) Research assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
(f) Professional:
1. Fiscal and staff services.
2. Research, statistics, and analysis.
3. Legal.
4. Patient treatment.
5. Patient care.
6. Social services.
7. Education.
8. Engineering.
9. Science.
(1t) Except as provided in sub. (2), collective bargaining units for employees employed by the University of Wisconsin System and assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison are structured with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following occupational groups:
(a) Administrative support.
(b) Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.
(c) Building trades crafts.
(cm) Law enforcement.
(d) Security and public safety.
(e) Technical.
(em) The program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(er) Research assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(f) Professional:
1. Fiscal and staff services.
2. Research, statistics, and analysis.
3. Legal.
4. Patient treatment.
5. Patient care.
6. Social services.
7. Education.
8. Engineering.
9. Science.
(2) Collective bargaining units for employees in the unclassified service of the state shall be structured with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following groups:
(d) Assistant district attorneys.
(e) Attorneys employed in the office of the state public defender.
(3) The commission shall assign employees to the appropriate collective bargaining units set forth in subs. (1), (1r), (1t), and (2).
(4) Any labor organization may petition for recognition as the exclusive representative of a collective bargaining unit specified in sub. (1), (1r), (1t), or (2) in accordance with the election procedures set forth in s. 111.83, provided the petition is accompanied by a 30 percent showing of interest in the form of signed authorization cards. Each additional labor organization seeking to appear on the ballot shall file petitions within 60 days of the date of filing of the original petition and prove, through signed authorization cards, that at least 10 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit want it to be their representative.
(5) Although supervisors are not considered employees for purposes of this subchapter, the commission may consider a petition for a statewide collective bargaining unit of professional supervisors or a statewide unit of nonprofessional supervisors in the classified service, but the representative of supervisors may not be affiliated with any labor organization representing employees. For purposes of this subsection, affiliation does not include membership in a national, state, county or municipal federation of national or international labor organizations. The certified representative of supervisors who are not public safety employees may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter other than wages as provided in s. 111.91 (3), and the certified representative of supervisors who are public safety employees may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter other than wages and fringe benefits as provided in s. 111.91 (1).
(6)
(a) The commission shall assign only an employee of the department of administration, department of transportation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, or board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who engages in the detection and prevention of crime, who enforces the laws and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws; an employee of the department of administration, department of transportation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, or board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System who provides technical law enforcement support to such employees; and an employee of the department of transportation who engages in motor vehicle inspection or operator’s license examination to a collective bargaining unit under sub. (1) (cm), (1r) (cm), or (1t) (cm), whichever is appropriate.
(b) The commission may assign only a public safety employee to the collective bargaining unit under sub. (1) (g).
(7) Notwithstanding sub. (3), if on July 1, 2015, an employee of the University of Wisconsin System is assigned to a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (2) (a), (b), (c), (g), (h), or (i), 2013 stats., or sub. (1) the commission shall assign the person to the corresponding collective bargaining unit under sub. (1r) or (1t), whichever is appropriate. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the commission may not assign any other persons to the collective bargaining units under sub. (1r) or (1t).
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/111.825Fetched: 10/7/2026