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November 2002

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
Detroit Public Schools
-and- Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors
Unfair Labor Practice Found; Failure to Bargain over Impact of Hiring Decisions on Bargaining Unit Despite Unions Request for Bargaining Is Unfair Labor Practice
11/25/02
(20 day order)
C01 K-228
Detroit Federation of Teachers
-and- Saranne Benson
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Charge that Fringe Benefits Were Negotiated Away Was Filed More Than 6 Months After Benefits Stopped and Was Untimely; Charge That Charging Party was Denied Right to Vote in Union Elections Is Internal Union Matter Beyond MERC Jurisdiction


11/25/02
(20 day order)

 
CU02 F-032
Wayne County Community College
-and- American Federation of Teachers, Local 2000
-and- Malvern L. Crawford
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Duty of Fair Representation; Union Settled Grievances Because It Reasonably Believed in Good Faith That It Was in Member's Best Interest To Do So; Initial and Ultimate Burden on Member to Show That Settlements Were Unreasonable; Section 11 of PERA Does Not Require a Union to Notify Members Of or Include Them In Grievance Settlement Meetings or Offers

 

11/14/02
 

C01 A-21 & CU01 A-4
City of Detroit, Detroit Housing Commission
-and- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 25 and Local 23 and 2394
Unfair Labor Practice Found-Duty to Bargain; Union Provided No Evidence That Either the DHC or City Refused to Negotiate a Complete Agreement Prior To Separation of DHC from City; No Support in the Record That City Failed to Bargain Over Effects of Decision to Separate Housing Department From City Prior to Its Implementation; No Basis for Direct Dealing Violation As Union Was Kept Informed of Separation Plans and City Repeatedly Reiterated DHC's Commitment to Honor Contract's Successor Clause; City Responded to Union's Information Requests in Untimely Manner, Unlawfully Redacted Names of Employees Who Responded to Offers of Employment, and Refused to Provide Relevant Bumping/Transfer Responses


11/05/02
(20 day order)
C01 I-186

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

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