Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

AB 96 ratifies a negotiated 2024-25 agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee for building trades craft employees (excluding those at UW-Madison). The bill authorizes the necessary funding from existing appropriations to implement the agreement, covering wages, benefits, and working conditions for these maintenance and construction workers. This procedural bill formalizes an existing labor agreement without creating new policy, directly affecting UW System building trades employees across most campuses.