Labor — arbitration

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Labor — arbitration

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court affirming an arbitration order that resolved a collective bargaining dispute between the City of Mequon (the City) and the Mequon Police Association (the MPA). The arbitration award was issued after the parties failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) when their old one expired at the end of 2011. Unable to reach an agreement on their own, in February 2012 the City and the MPA petitioned the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) for “compulsory, final and binding arbitration” of their impasse.

The parties selected an arbitrator and proceeded with the form of arbitration outlined in Wis. Stat. § 111.77(4)(b), under which each party advises WERC of its final offer, and the arbitrator selects one of the offers, unchanged. Affirmed. Not recommended for publication in the official reports.

2013AP1384 Mequon Police Association v. City of Mequon

Dist II, Ozaukee County, Martens, J., Brown, C.J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Rettko, William R., Brookfield; For Respondent: Hubacher, Mary L., Waukesha; Devore, Sarrie Lynn, Waukesha