March 2015

River Rouge School District -and- River Rouge Education Association

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Failed to Demonstrate Respondent Repudiated Contract; Repudiation Only Exists When: Contract Breach is Substantial, Breach Has Significant Impact on Bargaining Unit, and There is No Bona Fide Dispute Over Interpretation of the Contract; Commission Refuses to Exercise Jurisdiction Over Contract Interpretation Where Contract Provides for Mandatory Binding Dispute Resolution; Back Pay Remedy is Only Ordered Once Unfair Labor Practice has Been Established.

Repudiation; Duty to Bargain; Exceptions; Cross-Exceptions; Back Pay; Commission Jurisdiction

Ann Arbor Public Schools -and- Ann Arbor Education Association -and- Sheila McSpadden

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charges Not Timely Filed Within Six-Month Statute of Limitations; Charging Party Knew, or Reasonably Should Have Known, She Would Not be Reinstated or Awarded Back Pay and Union Did Not Intend to Take Any Further Action Long Before Charges Were Filed; Charging Party Failed to Allege Termination Was Based Upon an Union Activity or Other Concerted Protected Activity.

University of Michigan -and- University of Michigan Skilled Trades Union

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party failed to set forth any factually supported allegations which, if true, would establish that Respondent's use of contract vendor labor was, in effect, a repudiation of the collective bargaining agreement resulting in a violation of PERA; The Commission will find a repudiation only when the actions of a party amount to a rewriting of the contract or a complete disregard for the contract as written; Where the collective bargaining agreement clearly covers the matters in dispute and both parties have articulated credible interpretations of the relevant contract language, no claim under PERA has been stated; The Commission will not find a violation where there exists a bona fide dispute over the meaning and interpretation of the contract.

East China School District -and- Teamsters Local 214 -and- Denise Buckley -and- Kathy Wawrzyniak -and- Sandra Avila

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Parties Were Employees of Company Contracted to Drive School Buses, Not Employees of the District; Commission Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Parties That Are Not Public Employees; Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order Warrants Dismissal of Charge.

Michigan State Government
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Employment Relations

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