September 2024

Name	Subject Matter	Date Issued	Case Number(s)	Topic(s)
Farmington Public Schools -and- Farmington Public Schools Educational Support Professionals, MEA/NEA, -and- Farmington Public Schools Educational Support Professionals, MEA/NEA -and- Farmington Public Schools Transportation Association, MEA/NEA, -and- Farmington Public Schools Maintenance and Cafeteria Association, MEA/NEA	Unfair Labor Practice Found: Commission Upheld ALJ's Finding 10(1)(a) Violation Noting That the Board Did Not Disavow a Certain Board Candidates Comments or Threats of Intimidation; Commission Found That the Physical and Electronic Distribution of the Notice to Employees Would Suffice and There Was No Need to Send in Mail; Reading the Notice at a Board Meeting Would Clarify the Board's Responsibility Regarding Threats Made By One of its Members.	September 11, 2024	22-L-2197-CE	10(1)(a); Notice to Employees
CITY OF DEARBORN (FIRE DEPARTMENT), -and- DEARBORN FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 412, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS	Unfair Labor Practice Found: Employer Violated 10(1)(a) by Unlawfully Interfering With the Union’s Gifting of Ceremonial Axes to Retiring Employees Because it Constituted Protected Speech or Activity; MERC Ordered a Cease and Desist Order But Reversed the ALJ’s Return to Status Quo Order; Status Quo Order Appropriate For Finding a Violation of the Duty to Bargain, Not For Violations of 10(1)(a).	September 13, 2024	22-C-0811-CE	10(1)(a); Cease and Desist Order

September 2024