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June 2026

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number(s) Topic(s)
CITY OF DETROIT -and- DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION IAFF LOCAL 344 Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent Unlawfully Delayed Producing Medical Grievance Information as Requested by Charging Party in Violation of 10(1)(e); Respondent’s Failure to Comply With Charging Party’s Request for Information Related to Payroll Inquiry Forms and its Refusal to Provide Additional Vacation Hours as Per the Contract Found to be Repudiation. June 5, 2026 (No Exceptions) 23-B-0386-CE 10(1)(e); Failure to Provide Information
DETROIT FEDERATION OF TEACHERS -and- CAROL NOVAK

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Record Devoid of Evidence to Suggest that the Union’s Conduct Resulted in any Disparate Treatment of Charging Party or that the Unions Failure to File a Grievance was in Bad Faith; Charging Party Paid the Longevity Payment and Received all the Relief that She Could Have Obtained Through the Final Disposition of a Grievance, Therefore the Matter is Moot.

June 9, 2026 26-A-0116-CU Duty of Fair Representation; Mootness
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT -and- GEORGE HARRIS Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Failed to Establish a Claim of Discrimination and/or Retaliation; Charging Party Failed to Establish the Nexus Between the Protected Activity or the Existence of Anti-Union Animus on Behalf of Any Individual Involved in the Investigation, nor the Decision to Issue His Suspension. June 26, 2026 (No Exceptions) 24-I-1724-CE 10(1)(c)
CITY OF DETROIT -and- DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: The Employer Did Not Repudiate the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) by Involuntarily Transferring a Chief Steward Out of Her Section; The CBA Explicitly Covers the Subject Matter of the Dispute; MERC Will Not Find Repudiation Where There Exists a Bona Fide Dispute Over the Language of the Contract. June 30, 2026 (No Exceptions) 25-I-1494-CE Repudiation