April 2016

Name

Subject Matter

Date Issued

Case Number

Topic(s)

City of Lansing -and- Teamsters Local 580

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found:  Charging Party’s Allegation Regarding Respondent’s Failure to Abide by Grievance Decision was Not Filed Within the Commission’s Strict Six Month Statue of Limitations; Charging Party Failed to Establish Prima Facie Case of Discrimination or Retaliation by Respondent for Delaying Transfer of Bargaining Unit Member; Charging Party Failed to Establish that Respondent Unreasonably Delayed in Providing Information Requested by Charging Party.  

C14 F-070 & C15 A-009

(20 Day Order)

36^th District Court -and- AFSCME Council 25 and its Affiliated Local 917

Macomb County -and- Police Officers Association of Michigan -and- UAW Local 412, Unit 75

Petition for Unit Clarification Denied: Commission Denied Petitioner’s Request to Clarify its Bargaining Unit of Nonsupervisory Employees to Include Training and Safety Coordinator Position in Bargaining Unit; Position was “Borderline” Supervisory in Nature such that it Would be Inappropriate to Place in Petitioner’s Bargaining Unit of Nonsupervisory Positions.

4/14/2016

UC15 D-011

Newly Created Position; Supervisory v. Nonsupervisory Positions

Grand Rapids Community Schools -and- Andres Santiago

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to State Valid PERA Claim;  Charging Party’s Allegations of Contract Violations are Insufficient Grounds for Establishing Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Respondent;  Respondent Did Not Violate Charging Party’s Weingarten Rights by Meeting with Him Without His Union Representative, as Meeting Was Not to Interrogate or Investigate;  Employee Has a Right to Union Representation at Interview Only When Employee Believes the Interview May Lead to Discipline.