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May 2025

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number(s) Topic(s)
Wayne State University -and- Union of Part Time Faculty, AFT Local 477 -and- Robert Stoler Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party’s Claim Against the Employer Time Barred by the Commission’s Strict Six Month Statute of Limitations Period; Commission Also Rejects Attempts by Charging Parties to Revive Untimely Actions Based an a “Continuation Violation” Theory; The Decision to Give a Lower Seniority Part-Time Faculty Member a Course Assignment Over Charging Party Not Violative of the CBA; Charging Party Failed to Establish That the Union Acted Arbitrarily or Discriminatorily.
May 2, 2025 (no exceptions) 23-F-1110-CE & 23-F-1111-CU Statue of Limitations; Duty of Fair Representation
Pontiac Public Schools -and- Michigan Education Association Election Directed: MERC Found the Police Authority Officer’s Did Not Perform Law Enforcement Duties and Shared a Community of Interest With the Existing Pontiac Paraeducators Instructional Association Bargaining Unit Based on Similar Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions; Since a Question Concerning Representation Existed, MERC Granted the Petition and Directed an Election. May 16, 2025 23-L-1895-RC Commission Directed Election; Community of Interest
City of Detroit (Parks and Recreation) -and- Teamsters Local 214 -and- Wayne Bernard Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order May Warrant Dismissal of Charge; Charging Party Failed to Establish That the Union Acted Arbitrarily or Discriminatorily; Charging Party’s Charge Against His Employer Did Not Allege Any Facts to Establish That His PERA Protected Rights Were Violated. May 23, 2025 (no exceptions) 24-L-2086-CE & 24-L-2087-CU Failure to Respond to Show Cause; Duty of Fair Representation