Section 111.935. Representatives and elections for research assistants.

 

(1)  In this section, “authorization card" means a signed card that employees complete to indicate their preferences regarding collective bargaining.

(2)  Notwithstanding s. 111.83 (2) , the commission shall establish a procedure whereby research assistants may determine whether to form themselves into collective bargaining units under s. 111.825 (1r) (eh) , (ei) , or (er) or (1t) (er) by authorization cards in lieu of secret ballot. The procedure shall provide that once a majority of research assistants have indicated their preference on the authorization cards to form themselves into a collective bargaining unit, the collective bargaining unit is established.

2009 a. 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m , 9448 ; s. 35.17 correction in (2).