Local 441A, Wisconsin Professional Police Ass'n v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

LUNDSTEN, EJ.

¶ 1. The question before us is whether Douglas County jailers, who work for the Douglas County Sheriffs Department, are "public safety employees" within the meaning of the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), as amended by 2011 Wis. Act 10.1 The answer to this question determines whether the jailers have retained their pre-2011 bargaining rights or, instead, are among the large majority of public employees whose bargaining rights were substantially reduced by the 2011 amendments to MERA.

¶ 2. The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission appeals, and Douglas County…