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December 2001

December 2001

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
City of Lansing
-and- Carl Schlegel, Inc., and Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan		 MERC Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Private Sector Employers or Employees of Private Sector Employers for Alleged PERA Violation

12/21/01

 C99 L-226

Hazel Park Harness Raceway, Inc., Hartman & Tyner, Inc., Racing Concessions, Inc., and Race Track Operators, LTD
-and- Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 24, AFL-CIO

 Commission Entitled to Assert Subject Matter Jurisdiction-Functional Integration and Substantial Racetrack Interference With Food Service Operations, Food Service Employees Essentially Seasonal in Nature; Unfair Labor Practice Found-Refusal to Hire Employees Because of Prior Union Affiliation and/or Activity

 

12/21/01

 

 C96 C-52
Oakland County
-and- Oakland County Mental Health Authority
-and- Douglas G. Nichols		 Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; No Absolute Right to Use Employer's E-mail System
12/21/01
 C98 K-230

City of Taylor
-and- Command Officers Association of Michigan
-and- Police Officers Labor Council

 Direction of Election - Contract Bar Period Begins on Date of Execution of Document Evidencing the Collective Bargaining Agreement of the Parties

12/20/01

 R01 G-098
St Clair County Road Commission
-and- St Clair County Road Commission Administrative and Technical Employees Association		 Unit Clarification; Executive Status - Deputy Managing Director Does Not Qualify; Position is Subordinate to Managing Director, Has Limited Authority in Significant Areas, Does Not Directly Participate in Budget Process, Has Only Consulting Role in Personnel Matters; Has Minimal Participation in Labor Relations Matters and Negotiating Contracts, Does Not Formulate or Determine Management Policies on Employer-Wide Basis
12/20/01
 UC00 F-24

Swartz Creek Community Schools
-and- Swartz Creek Executive Secretaries Association
-and- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 25

 Unit Clarification; Data Entry Single Record Database Secretary Shares Community of Interest with Both Petitioner and Intervenor Labor Organizations; Deferral to Employer's Unit Placement Proper
12/20/01
 UC00 H-29

Northville Public Schools
-and- Northville Public Schools Employee Association
-and- International Union Of Operating Engineers, Local 547

 Direction of Election; Broad Nonsupervisory, Noninstructional Support Unit Sought by Petitioner Presumptively Appropriate; Facts Insufficient to Establish Extreme Divergence of Community of Interest or to Destroy Presumption, Especially in Light of Lengthy Bargaining History of Unit
12/20/01
 R01 G-081

City of Detroit (Fire Dept)
-and- Detroit Fire Fighters Association, IAFF, Local 344

 Exceptions not Filed in Compliance with Commission Rules, Not Considered; Unfair Labor Practice Found - Duty to Bargain; Workplace Violence Response Teams Mandatory Subject of Bargaining; Part of Disciplinary Procedure As Responsible for Investigating Incidents of Alleged Workplace Violence, and Making Findings of Fact Based on Investigation; Union Did Not Have Sufficient Information to Present a Bargaining Demand; No Unlawful Direct Dealing With Union Members Found - No Bargaining Demand Made by Union Over Statements Employees Required to Sign
12/6/01
 C00 F-99
 

Michigan State Government
Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Bureau of Employment Relations