Browne v. Milwaukee Board of School Directors

The appeal is by the defendants, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, from an order overruling the demurrer to the complaint. The action was brought by named secretarial, clerical, and technical employees of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. The action was brought on behalf of themselves and on behalf of approximately 150 other employees who are similarly situated to test the constitutionality of that portion of the Municipal Employment Relations Act which provides that a union representing a majority of the employees in a bargaining unit may enter…