Kewaunee County v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) and Local 2959 of the Wisconsin Council of County and Municipal Employees, No. 40, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (union), appeal a judgment reversing the commission’s determination that Lorraine Reimer, a Kewaunee County employee holding the combined positions of register in probate, probate registrar, and probate court commissioner, was a municipal employee entitled to the collective bargaining rights set forth in the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), secs. 111.70 to 111.77, Stats. They argue that the circuit court erroneously determined that…