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March 2001

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
City of Detroit (Department of Public Works)
-and- Association of City of Detroit Supervisors
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Unilateral Change - No Established Practice Regarding Union Release Time for Fact Finding; Discrimination - Failure to Prove that Protected Activity Was Motivating Factor in Discharge

3/20/01
(motion for reconsideration)

C97 L-256

Wayne State University
-and- UAW Local 2071
-and- Edward Canaday

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Discrimination -- Failure to Prove Employer Knowledge of, or Hostility Toward, Protected Concerted Activity; Duty of Fair Representation - Union Does Not Breach its Duty of Fair Representation By Refusing to Process a Grievance Over the Discharge of a Probationary Employee When Contract Provides that Such Grievances May Not Be Filed

 

3/06/01
(no exceptions)

 

C99 K-202 & CU99 K-44
Southgate Community School District
-and- United Teachers of Southgate, MEA-NEA
-and- Renee Casillas, et.al,
Motion to Dismiss Granted; Charge Not Filed Within Six-Month Statute of Limitations Period - Mere Maintenance of Contract Containing an Allegedly Unlawful Provision Does Not Give Rise to New Violation of PERA
3/06/01
(no exceptions)
C99 E-90 & CU99 K-44
University of Michigan
-and- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1583
-and- Joseph Gant
Failure to Request Permission to File Reply Brief; Admissibility of Documents Submitted for the First Time on Exception; Noncompliance with Administrative Rules - Failure to Identify Specific Findings or Conclusions Believed to be Erroneous; Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Failure to Proof that Discharge Was Motivated by Anti-Union Animus or Hostility; No Evidence that Union's Actions Were Arbitrary, Discriminatory of in Bad Faith
3/01/01
C00 A-7 & CU00 A-4

City of Greenville
-and- Police Officers Association of Michigan

Unfair Labor Practice Found -- Unlawful Threat; Reasonable Employee Standard - Context and Content of Statements by Employer Could Reasonably be Interpreted as a Threat
3/01/01
C99 K-206

New Buffalo Board of Education
-and- New Buffalo Education Association, MEA/NEA
-and- Charles W. Covert

Unfair Labor Practice Found -- Unlawful Threat; Reasonable Employee Standard - Violation of Section 10(1)(a) Not Dependent on Employer's Motive or Whether Employee Was Actually Coerced; Threat Implicating Right to File Grievance Not a De Minimis Violation
3/01/01
C99 J-192
 

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

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