McEwen v. Pierce County

Pierce County Courthouse Employees, Local 556-A, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (Local 556-A) seeks a determination that the circuit court abused its discretion in denying Local 556-A’s motion to defer the circuit court declaratory judgment proceeding so that the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) might first issue a declaratory ruling. The court of appeals denied William E. McEwen’s motion to dismiss the appeal and summarily affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Local 556-A’s motion to defer to the WERC. We affirm the order of the circuit court.

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At all relevant times a collective…