September 2020

Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1564
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Josh Campbell

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Not Directly Involved in Grievances Filed Which Were Not Advanced to Arbitration, Therefore Lacks Standing to Challenge the Union’s Decision; Charge Filed More Than a Year After Alleged PERA Violation; Commission Has Strict Six-Month Statute of Limitations Period.  

09/23/2020

20-D-0788-CU 

Internal Union Matters; Statute of Limitations 

Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1564
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Steed Coates

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order May Warrant Dismissal of Charge; Internal Union Matters Outside the Jurisdiction of the Commission.  

9/23/2020

20-C-0538-CU

Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order; Internal Union Matters 

Detroit Public Schools Community District
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Johnnie Berrien

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order May Warrant Dismissal of Charge; Charging Party’s Claim That He Was Wrongfully Terminated Does Not Establish a Violation of PERA.  

9/22/2020

20-E-0829-CE

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

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order May Warrant Dismissal of Charge; Charging Party Failed to Allege Facts That, if Proven True, Could Establish that Respondent Violated PERA. 

Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent’s Unilateral Decision to Eliminate the Union’s Office Space a Violation of Section 10(1)(e); The Provision of Office Space and Related Amenities to Charging Party is a Mandatory Subject of Bargaining.