Milwaukee County District Council 48 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board

1. Does the circuit court have jurisdiction to review, pursuant to procedure prescribed in ch. 227, Stats., a certification of bargaining representative for munic*306ipal employees under sec. 111.70, Stats.? Sec. 111.70, Stats., constitutes subch. IV of ch. 111. Subch. IV is entitled “Right of Public Employes to Organize or Join Labor Organizations.” Secs. 111.01 to 111.19, inclusive, constitute subch. I, entitled “Employment Peace Act.” The state and its political subdivisions are not employers under subch. I.

Sec. 111.70 (4) (d), Stats., authorizes the board to conduct an election among…