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December 2021
Name | Subject Matter | Date Issued | Case Number(s) | Topic(s) |
Independence Township -and- International Association of Fire Fighters -and- Michigan Association of Fire Fighters |
Petition for Representation Election Denied: Employees Not Permitted to Sever from an Existing Bargaining Unit unless they are able to Prove an Extreme Divergence of Interest; Petitioner Failed to Establish an Extreme Divergence of Interest Between the Captains' Positions and the Remaining Bargaining Unit Members; Under Section 13 of PERA, Presence of Supervisory Personnel in a Fire Department Unit Cannot be Utilized to Establish that Unit Inappropriate; Potential Conflict of Interest Insufficient to Justify Removal of the Captains' Positions From the Existing Bargaining Unit, Which has Existed for Decades; Any Potential Conflict of Interest Shared by Lieutenants, a Group which would Remain in the Unit if Petition Granted. | 12/17/2021 | 21-A-0108-RC | Representation; Severance Election; Section 13 of PERA; Appropriateness of Unit |
Alpena County -and- Technical, Professional and Officeworkers Association of Michigan (TPOAM) |
Unit Clarification Petition Denied: Unit Clarification Petition Not Appropriate to Accrete Position Historically Excluded from Bargaining Unit; Network Technician Position Excluded Since 2005; Petitioner and Predecessor Union Aware of Position's Existence and Exclusion; Petitioner Failed to Present Adequate Grounds to Alter the Historical Exclusion of the Network Technician Position From the Petitioner's Bargaining Unit. |
12/17/2021 | 20-J-1586-UC | Unit Clarification; Historical Exclusion |
Wayne County Community College District-and- Wayne County Community College Professional and Administrative Association, American Federation of Teachers Michigan, Local 4467 |
Forthcoming | 12/17/2021 | 20-I-1436-CE | |
Charter Township of Meridian -and- Technical, Professional and Officeworkers Association of Michigan |
Unit Clarification Granted: Absent a Showing of Extreme Divergence of Community of Interest Between an Existing Unit and a Residuum of Unrepresented Employees, Commission Policy is to Allow Accretion; Duties, Responsibilities, Skills, Work Location and Wages of Full-time Accountant Position Not so Dissimilar to Other Positions Within Petitioner's Unit so as to Preclude a Finding of Community of Interest; No Other Union Seeks to Represent Position, Therefore, a Sufficient Community of Interest Exists and Positions Should be Included in the Unit. |
12/17/2021 | 20-L-1782-UC | Unit Clarification; Community of Interest |
Western Michigan Association of University Professors -and- Mustafa Mirzeler |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Internal Union Matters Are Outside the Jurisdiction of the Commission; Commission Also Does Not Exercise Jurisdiction Over Claims Involving Discrimination. |
12/14/2021 |
(no exceptions) |
Internal Union Matters; Commission Jurisdiction |