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August 2002

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
Kent County Road Commission
-and- Teamsters State, County & Municipal Employees Local 214
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Duty to Bargain; Charging Party Did Not Credibly Testify That Employer's Drug Testing Policy Was Violated; No Evidence Shown That Employer Intends to Unilaterally Change Contractual Procedures or That Alleged Change Was More Than an Isolated Incident That Would Have an Impact on Unit Members
8/27/02
(20 day order)
C01 B-30

Taylor School District
-and- Service Employees International Union, Local 26M

Unfair Labor Practices Found - Duty to Provide Information; Union Had Right to Information Regarding Revised Job Descriptions and Qualifications, As Well As Procedural Aspects of Testing Program; Employer Not Obligated to Provide Test Questions and Answers to Union; Although Employer Generally Responsive to Union Requests, Employer Unreasonably Delayed in Furnishing Employee Test Results and Computer Program Information to Union

8/16/02
(20 day order)
C01 B-36
Wayne County (Airport Dept)
-and- Service Employees International Union, Local 502
-and- Michelle Ann Garland
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Failure to State a Claim Under PERA; MERC Has No Authority to Remedy Violations of Contractual or Civil Service Rules; PERA Does Not Provide Retaliation Protection on the Basis of Race or Sex Discrimination; Duty of Fair Representation - Union Did Not Act Arbitrarily By Refusing to File a Grievance Based on a Reasoned Interpretation of the Contract; PERA's Statute of Limitations Commences When the Person Knows or Should Have Known of the Alleged ULP; Because Union Acted in Good Faith, It Had Discretion to Decide Not to Pursue Grievance if the Unit As a Whole Would Receive More Benefit From Settlement Even if Not in Interest of Individual Member; No Evidence That Union Refused to Allow Member Access to Eligibility List
8/7/02
(20 day order)
C01 F-130 & CU01 F-35
Ottawa County Road Commission
-and- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 25 and Local 1063
-and- Michael A. Fahling
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found- No Interference With Section 9 Rights; Failure to State a Claim Under PERA; Duty of Fair Representation- Union Did Not Act Arbitrarily In Refusing to File Grievance, Nor Did It Misrepresent Right to File Grievance
8/6/02
(20 day order)
C01 G-146 & CU01 G-039
City of Greenville
-and- Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM)
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Duty to Bargain; Union Offered No Evidence of Change in Use of Seasonal Bicycle Officers to Justify Accretion to Bargaining Unit; Unlawful Coercion - No Factual Support That Union Coerced Officer to Sign Dues Check-Off Form

8/6/02
(20 day order)
 
C01 H-153 & CU01 I-051

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

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