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June 2016

Name

Subject Matter

Date Issued

Case Number

Topic(s)

Reese Public Schools -and- Reese Professional Education Association, MEA/NEA

Petition for Unit Clarification Granted: Commission Granted the Petition to Clarify a Bargaining Unit of Teachers by Adding the Social Worker/Home School Liaison Position; Both Teaching and Non-Teaching Professional Staff can be Included in the Same Bargaining Unit Because of the Integrated Nature of their Work; The New Position Shares a Community of Interest with Other Members of Petitioner’s Unit Because its Functions and Duties Directly Relate to the Educational Process.

6/20/2016 UC14 K-019 Unit Clarification; Community of Interest; Historical Exclusion 

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 455 -and- Lisa Kleekamp

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found:  Respondent’s Decision to Not File a Grievance Over Employer’s Selection of a Candidate Other than Charging Party for an Open Position Was Not Discriminatory or Arbitrary; Fact That Individual Member is Dissatisfied with Union’s Ultimate Decision Insufficient to Constitute Breach of Duty of Fair Representation.  

6/17/2016

CU15 J-037

(20 Day Order)

Duty of Fair Representation

 

 

Saginaw Valley State University -and- R. Lee Ross

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found:  Charging Party Failed to Establish that Anti-Union Animus was Motivating Cause in Her Termination After Twice Failing to Receive Tenure; Respondent Acting in Accord with Requirements Outlined in Collective Bargaining Agreement, and Not Based on Charging Party’s Union Activity; Neither PERA nor Rules of Commission or MAHS Provide for Discovery in Unfair Labor Practice Hearings.  

6/15/2016 C13 J-175 Anti-Union Animus; Discovery

City of Detroit -and- Detroit Police Lieutenants and Sergeants Association -and- Dorethy Robinson 

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found:  Charging Party Failed to State Valid PERA Claim; Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order May Warrant Dismissal of Charge. 

6/7/2016

C16 C-019 & CU16 C-010

(20 Day Order)

Failure to State Claim; Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order