AFSCME, Local Union No. 360 & 3148 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

AFSCME, Local Union No. 360 and 3148, AFL-CIO appeals from an order affirming the decision of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC). The issue is whether the commission properly concluded that Sauk County did not commit a “prohibited labor practice” under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, sec. 111.70(3)(a), Stats.,1 when *394it discontinued withholding labor union dues under “fair-share”2 and voluntary checkoff provisions during a contract hiatus. We agree with the commission’s conclusion and affirm the order.

The facts are not in dispute. Sauk County and the union had a…