Brown County v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

Brown County and Lloyd Brazeau (county) 1 appeal a circuit court judgment that affirmed the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission’s (commission) order modifying its examiner’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order. The commission concluded that the county had committed a "prohibited practice,” in violation of the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA) 2 by refusing to bargain with Local 40, AFSCME (union), concerning the employment of nonunion personnel in a youth home. The youth home had been run previously by the county, but its operation had been contracted out to a…