December 2019

Technical Professional Officeworkers Association of Michigan -and- Daniel Lee Renner

Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent’s “Nonmember Payment For Labor Representation Services” Operating Procedure Unlawfully Discriminated Against Nonunion Members and Restrained Employees From Exercising Their § 9 Right to Refrain From Joining or Assisting a Labor Organization Under PA 349; Respondent Violated § 10(2)(a) by Refusing to File or Process Charging Party’s Grievance Unless He Paid Respondent a Fee for its Services; Respondent’s Operating Procedure Impacted Terms and Conditions and Employment and Implicated § 9 Rights; Therefore, It Was Not an Internal Union Matter Outside the Scope of PERA.   

§ 10(2)(a); PA 349; Service Fee; Internal Union Matter