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July 2024

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number(s) Topic(s)
Gerald R. Ford International Airport -and- Michigan Association of Fire Fighters -and- UAW Local 2600 REPRESENTATION PETITION DENIED: No Changes to the Duties and Responsibilities of the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters to Support a Divergence of Interest Which Would Warrant Severance From the Existing Bargaining Unit; The Employees in Question Are Also Not Act 312 Eligible, Therefore, MERC Found No Basis to Grant the Petition. July 9, 2024 22-I-1866-RC Severance

University of Michigan -and- Michigan Nurses Association and University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: The NLRB’s General Counsel Previously Determined That, Following its Merger With the University of Michigan, Sparrow Hospital Remained a Private Sector Employer Subject to the NLRA; MERC Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Private Sector Employees, Therefore, MERC is Preempted From Hearing the Matter.

July 18, 2024 (no exceptions) 23-I-1639-CE

Commission Jurisdiction

City of Lansing -and- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 243
Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent, Through Actions by its Treasurer, Violated Section 10(1)(a) by Holding a Private Conversation With a Bargaining Unit Member Wherein She Questioned That Member Over Union Business; ALJ Found Bargaining Unit Member’s Testimony to be More Credible, and That a Reasonable Person Could Find the Events Chilling. July 24, 2024 (no exceptions) 23-B-0276-CE 10(1)(a); Witness Credibility