City of Brookfield v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

The city of Brookfield appeals from a circuit court judgment affirming a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) declaratory ruling that the Brookfield Professional Firefighters Association's (union) collective bargaining proposal regarding post-retirement group health insurance is a subject of mandatory bargaining. The proposal seeks to obligate the city to provide, beyond the term of the proposed collective bargaining agreement, group health insurance benefits to employees retiring during the term of the agreement. The city contends that the proposal violates sec. 111.70(3)(a)4,…