December 2005

Name	Subject Matter	Date Issued	Case Number
Chippewa County, -and- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, Local 946, -and- Susan Shunk	Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Thirty-Day Election Bar after Tentative Agreement to Allow Time for Ratification; Employer Not Required to Vote on a Ratification of Tentative Agreement; No Bad Faith Bargaining Found; Election Petition Ordered to be Processed.	12/27/05	C04 F-145 & R04 D-058
University of Michigan, -and- University of Michigan Skilled Trades Union	Decision and Direction of Election - Petition to Accrete Classification of Facility Systems Technician to Bargaining Unit of Skilled Trade Employees; Facility Systems Technicians Share Community of Interest with Petitioner's Bargaining Unit as Most Work at Same Locations, Under Same Supervision, and Perform some of the Same Duties; Facility Systems Technicians Lack Community of Interest with Unrepresented Residual Group of Technical Employees; While Level of Skill and Education may be Similar, Type of Work Performed and Instruments Used are Different; Employees Work at Separate Locations and Under Different Supervision. Positions Do Not Necessarily Share a Community of Interest Merely Because an Employer Includes Them in its Technical Job Grouping; Employer's Argument of Fragmenting Unrepresented Residual Unit of Technical Employees Rejected.	12/27/05	R04 F-084
Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health Authority -and- Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 459	Withdrawal of Charge Approved by Commission After Issuance of ALJ Decision and Recommended Order; Decision will be Published in Accord with Commission Policy; Unfair Labor Practice Found by ALJ; Employer's Revision of Break Policy Constituted Violation of Duty to Bargain By Unilaterally Changing Terms and Conditions of Employment; Management Rights Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements Do Not Constitute Waivers of Employer's Bargaining Obligation Unless Clear, Explicit and Unmistakable; Change was Not a Codification of Established Practice or Clarification of an Established Policy, But New Policy Implemented Without Notice and Opportunity to Demand Bargaining.	12/21/05	C04 E-142
Washtenaw County -and- Michael Schils	Unfair Labor Practice Not Found; Charge Failed to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted; Charging Party Sought to Re-litigate Prior Case; Charging Party's Request for Review of Previous Commission Decision Should Have Been Brought before Michigan Court of Appeals.	12/21/05	C04 J-260
Grand Haven Board of Light and Power, -and- Utility Workers, Local 582, -and- John Conley	Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Employer Did Not Violate Charging Party's Weingarten Rights; Charging Party Did Not Request Union Representation During Disciplinary Meeting; Commission Will Not Overturn Administrative Law Judge's Credibility Finding; Union Refusal to Pursue Arbitration Was Not In Bad Faith.	12/21/05	C04 D-101 & CU04 D-021
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December 2005