Arrowhead United Teachers Organization v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

In this case, the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (Commission) ruled that thirteen intern teachers who held one-semester contracts should not be included in a collective bargaining unit with the other eighty fulltime and regular parttime professional employees of the Arrowhead School District (District). The Arrowhead United Teachers Organization (AUTO) argues that the Commission’s decision deviates, without explanation, from its prior practice and that it violates the legislature’s policy that fragmentation of units should be avoided. Because we find that the Commission deviated…