May 2017

Leelanau County Road Commission -and- Teamsters Local 214

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Respondent Did Not Repudiate the Collective Bargaining Agreement by Refusing to Execute the Health Insurance Participation Agreement; Contract Did Not Grant Charging Party the Right to Choose an Insurance Provider but Grants Right to Choose Plan with Limitations; Charging Party’s Request Sought an Explanation as to Why Respondent Refused to Sign the Participation Agreement; An Employer has No Duty Under PERA to Respond to an Inappropriate Request for Information, or to Provide Information that Does Not Exist. 

C15 F-089
(no exceptions)

Repudiation; Information Request

Wayne County -and- AFSCME Local 3317

Employer’s Motion to Dismiss Union’s Request for Mediation Granted: Commission Found Clear Legislative Intent in Act 436 and in § 15(8) & (9) of PERA to Give State Treasurer Broad Authority and Discretion in Setting Terms of Consent Agreement; Section 15(9) of PERA Expressly Provides That a Unit of Local Government That Enters Into a Consent Agreement Under Act 436 is Not Subject to the Duty to Bargain for the Term of the Consent Agreement; Consent Agreement Made it Clear that the County Continued to Have Certain Privileges and Obligations After the Release Date, and Provided That the suspension of the duty to bargain Survived the Release Date; County Was Required to Adopt Two Year Budget Covering Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018, and Under the Terms of the Consent Agreement, the Suspension of the County's Duty to Bargain Expired at the end of the final fiscal year covered by the two-year budget, September 30, 2018,  Therefore, the County’s duty to bargain  Does Not Resume Until October 1, 2018. 

D16 K-0900
 

Taylor School District  -and- SEIU Local 517M – Michigan Public Employees -and- 26M Taylor Schools Support Staff Association

Petition for Election Granted: Petition was Filed Correctly as Commission Will Not Question the Validity of Showing Of Interest; The Dispute Between the Parties Did Not Arise From Internal Union Matters Because Public Employees Have a Protected Right Under § 9 to be Represented by a Bargaining Agent of Their Choice; Petitioner Not a Party to the Collective Bargaining Agreement; Record Clear That Petitioner Was a Segregated Portion of Local 517M, Recognized as a Separate and Distinct Entity Within SEIU.  

Representation; Showing of Interest; Internal Union Matters