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January 2007

Name Subject Matter Date Issued Case Number Topic(s)
Wayne County Community College District
- and - United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America,(UAW)
Direction of Election – Note Takers are Regular Part-Time Employees with Substantial and Continuing Interest in Employment; Note Takers are not Casual Employees as They Work Regular Schedule; Though Employer Classifies Note Takers as Temporary, Their Employment is of Indefinite Duration and They Have Reasonable Expectation of Continued Employment.
1/18/07
R06 D-054 Reasonable expectation of continued employment; temporary employee; Casual employee
Lansing School District
- and - Lansing Educational Assistants, MEA/NEA
Unit Clarification Petition Dismissed – Unit Clarification Inappropriate as Reassignment did not Significantly Alter Duties or Responsibilities of Computer Technician; Historically Excluded Positions Added to Unit Only Via Representation Election with Showing of Interest; Commission will not Upset Agreement or Established Practice Regarding Unit Placement; Change in Type of Computers Serviced or in Job Title not Justification for Change in Unit Placement.
1/18/07
UC05 D-017 Community of interest; Unit Clarification; Newly created or substantially changed position
Brownstown Township
-and- Michigan Association of Police
-and- Teamsters Local 214
Reconsideration Granted – Full Factual Record Before ALJ Needed to Support Decision Whether Representation Petition Should be Barred by Act 312 Arbitration.  Record to Include Bargaining History, Information re: Act 312 Proceedings, and Parties’ Positions on Act 312 Bar Policy as Applied to These Facts.
1/17/07
R06 G-077 Motion for Reconsideration; Mootness; Pending Representation petition
Amalgamated Transit Local 26
- and - William Dawson

Exceptions untimely – Exceptions Must Be Received in Commission’s Offices By Date Due.
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found – Summary Disposition Granted as Charge Untimely; When Complaint Against Union is Based on Union’s Alleged Inactivity, Six-Month Statute of Limitations Begins When Charging Party Should Have Reasonably Realized Union Would Not Act on His Behalf; Dissatisfaction With Union’s Efforts is Insufficient to Constitute Breach of Duty of Fair Representation.

1/09/07
(20 day order)
CU06 D-013 Timeliness; Exceptions

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

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