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October 2024

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number(s) Topic(s)
CITY OF DETROIT, -and- DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 344
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Failed to Identify Any Specific Effects it Wished to Bargain Over, and Therefore, Cannot Support a Finding that Respondent Violated it Duty to Bargain; No Evidence to Suggest Seniority Requirement Was Not Maintained by Respondent; Communication by Respondent to Bargaining Unit Members Regarding Training Covered Under its Purview and Not Direct Dealing. October 28, 2024 (No Exceptions)
22-G-1608-CE Duty to Bargain; Seniority; Direct Dealing
CAPITOL CITY LABOR PROGRAM, -and- CITY OF EAST LANSING Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent Violated its Duty to Bargain in Good Faith Under Section 10(1)(e) By Submitting Certain Proposals to the Act 312 Arbitration Panel; Certain Portions of the Proposal Submitted By the Union Implicated Non-Mandatory Subjects Of Bargaining and the ALJ Recommended Respondent Refrain From Bargaining to Impasse on Those Subjects; Permissive Subjects of Bargaining May Not Lawfully Be Negotiated to Impasse or Submitted to Act 312 Arbitration; Proposals Regarding Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining Submitted By the Union Do Not Violate PERA. October 28, 2024 (No Exceptions) 22-H-1678-CU 10(1)(e); Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 58, -and- JOHN RIES, -and- DAVID SCHLAK, -and- SANDRA BRECKENRIDGE, -and- CHRISTOPHER KLEBBA Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Parties Failed to Allege That Any Actions of the IBEW Had Impact on Their Terms or Conditions of Employment; Charging Parties Allegations That Respondent Violated PERA By Removing Them From Taking Part in Representational Activities Are Internal Union Matters, Which Are Outside of Commission Jurisdiction. October 29, 2024 (No Exceptions) 23-J-1779-CU &
23-K-1828-CU &
23-K-1868-CU &
23-K-1875-CU
Failure to State Claim; Internal Union Matter
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, -and- JAJUAN STEVENSON Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Abruptly Left Hearing Without Presenting Any Evidence and Therefore Abandoned His Charge; Matter Dismissed. October 30, 2024 (No Exceptions) 23-G-1243-CU Charge Abandoned
GRAND RAPIDS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE WORKERS, -and- LISA McCOY, -and- LELAR CLAY Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Respondent Did Not Violate PERA by Failing to Agree to the School District’s Proposal to Give Some Childcare Workers a Stipend; Charging Parties Disagree With the Union’s Rejection of the Proposal Because They Were Negatively Impacted by the Decision; Commission Will Not Interject Over Discretionary Decisions Made By a Labor Organization Merely Because Individual Members Perceive Themselves to be Adversely Impacted. October 31, 2024 (No Excecptions) 24-A-0024-CU &
24-C-0634-CU
Failure to State Claim
CITY OF DETROIT (POLICE DEPARTMENT), -and- TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 214 -and- ROBERT NICKERSON Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Failed to Respond to Motion for Summary Disposition and Failed to Appear for Evidentiary Hearing; Charge Abandoned by Charging Party and Therefore Dismissal Appropriate. October 31, 2024 (No Exceptions) 24-E-0982-CE &
24-E-0986-CE & 24-E-0981-CU & 24-E-0985-CU
Failure to Respond; Charge Abandoned