Collective Bargaining Agreements - Wisconsin

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Wisconsin has collective bargaining laws that provide similar protections as the National Labor Relations Act. As a practical matter, most private employers are primarily governed by the federal act. The principal application of the Wisconsin statutes is to public employees and others excluded from the federal act.

Right to work

The state has no right to work law.

Public employees

Wisconsin has specific collective bargaining laws for state and municipal employment. Those statutes include procedures for mediation and binding arbitration of disputes involving unresolved contracts.

State

Contacts

Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

National Labor Relations Board (Region 30)

Public employment

Wisconsin Office of State Employment Relations

Regulations

Wisconsin Peace Act

Wisconsin statutes Chapter 111, 111.01 et seq.

Fraudulent Advertising for Labor

Wisconsin statutes Chapter 103, 103.43

Contracts; Promises to withdraw from or not to join labor, employers' or Cooperative organizations are void

Wisconsin statutes Chapter 103, 103.46

Restrictive covenants in employment contracts

Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 103, 103.465

Collective bargaining; definitions

Wisconsin statutes Chapter 103, 103.505

Public employment

Municipal employment relations, Chapter 111, 111.70 et seq.

State employment labor relations, Chapter 111, 111.81 et seq.

Federal

Contact

National Labor Relations Board

Regulations

29 U.S.C. §§151-169

29 U.S.C. §401 et seq.