01-1671 Local 617, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, et al.

By: dmc-admin//March 4, 2002//

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Local 617, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, appeals an order affirming a decision of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. The commission found that Taylor County did not alter the status quo by requiring its highway department employees to work a five, eight-hour-per-day workweek rather than a four, ten-hour-per-day workweek during the summer of 1999. Local 617 argues that a four, ten-hour-per-day workweek was the status quo after the 1996-98 collective bargaining agreement expired. Therefore, according to Local 617, the County violated the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA). We conclude that the commission could reasonably find that a five, eight-hour-per-day workweek was the status quo during the summer of 1999.

Therefore, we affirm the order.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist III, Taylor County, Fox, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Aaron N. Halstead, Madison

For Respondent: David C. Rice, Madison; John J. Prentice, Milwaukee; Andrew T. Phillips, Milwaukee

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