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October 2006

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number
Wayne County Community College District
–and- Wayne County Community College Professional and Administrative Association, AFT Michigan, Local 4467

Unit Clarification Granted- Positions of Controller; Associate Vice Chancellor of Accounts Receivable; Director of Academic Computing; Systems Project Specialist and Director, Systems Administration Included in Unit; Positions Do Not Exercise Supervisory Authority Necessary for Exclusion and Were Not Significantly Changed from Former Bargaining Unit Positions; No Evidence of Agreement to Exclude Association Vice Chancellor of Accounts Receivable; Commission Policy is to Accrete Position With Community of Interest to Existing Unit, Rather Than Leave it with Residual Unit of Unrepresented Employees; Position of Director Systems Administration is Newly Created, and Employer Withheld Information from Union on Creation of Job Classification.

10/31/06
UC04 F-022, UC05 A-002 &UC05 A-003
Dearborn Public Schools
–and- Dearborn Federation of School Employees, Local 4750, AFT/MI, AFT, AFL-CIO
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found- Employer did not Violate PERA by Refusing to Bargain Over Change in Pay Dates; Frequency of Pay is a Mandatory Subject of Bargaining but Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement Covers Such Disputes; Employer Reserves the Right in Contract to Change Present Practices, Subject to Union’s Right to Grieve.
10/31/06
C05 H-174
Brownstown Township
–and- Michigan Association of Police
-and- Teamsters Local 214
Representation Petition Reinstated – General Policy is that Pending Act 312 Petition Bars Election Petition Filed After Contract Expiration; Act 312 Arbitration Not a Bar to Representation Election in this Case Where Petition Previously Blocked by Unfair Labor Practice Charges; Allowing 312 Arbitration to Block Would Unduly Restrict Right of Employees to Choose Bargaining Representative
10/30/06
R06 G-077
City of Grand Rapids
–and- Grand Rapids Employees Independent Union (GREIU)

Unfair Labor Practice Found – Employer Breached Duty of Bargain When it Unilaterally Removed Positions from Bargaining Unit; Positions Lack Sufficient Indicia of Supervisory Authority to Justify Removal from Bargaining Unit; Employee has No Real Authority to Discipline or Effectively Recommend Formal Discipline; Approval of Time and Leave Requests and Overseeing Daily Work is Insufficient to Establish Supervisory Authority; Employer Ordered to Restore Positions to Bargaining Unit.

10/19/06
C03 C-053 & C03 C-054

City of Detroit (Department of Transportation)
-and- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25 and its Local 312

Unfair Labor Practice Found – Employer Violated PERA by Initiating Enforcement of CDL Requirement Without Notice and Opportunity to Demand Bargaining More Than Decade After Adoption of Requirement and After Specific Agreement to Refrain from Enforcing it; Employer’s Commitment to Union was That Employees Would not be Disciplined for Not Having CDLs; This Long Standing Practice Created Past Practice Amending Contract.

10/19/06
C03 B-029

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

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