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April 2010

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
Chesterfield Township
-and- Police Officers Labor Council

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.

4/29/10
 
C09 C-036
City of Detroit
-and- Senior Water Systems Chemist Association
 
20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
4/29/10
C10 A-006
City of Detroit -and-
Michigan AFSCME Council 25, AFL-CIO

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.

4/29/10
 
C10 A-025
City of Detroit
-and- Association of Municipal Engineers
 
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charge Summarily Dismissed; Charging Party Failed to State a Cognizable Claim Under PERA; Respondent’s Reorganization Plans Not Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining; Respondent May Reduce Overtime Hours Unilaterally as Part of its Right to Control Operations; Respondent Fulfilled its Duty to Bargain Over Effects of Reorganization.
4/29/10
C08 E-081
City of Taylor
-and- Police Officers Association of Michigan

Exceptions Withdrawn - Respondent Withdraws Exceptions to Dicta Contained in ALJ’s Recommended Decision and Order.

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Respondent Did Not Violate Duty to Bargain in Good Faith; Respondent Did Not Violate PERA When it Brought Proposals Over Pension Provisions to Bargain Table; Respondent Did Not Refuse to Bargain Over Other Provisions, Nor Claim Impasse.  Respondent’s Single Act of Speaking to Newspaper Regarding Pension Issue Without Giving Charging Party Notice is Insufficient to Support a Finding of Bargaining in Bad Faith.
4/29/10
C08 F-110

Michigan AFSCME Council 25 -and- Devette S. Brown

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charge Summarily Dismissed; Allegations Against Respondent Barred by Six Month Limitations Period under PERA; Charging Party Knew of the Union’s Initial Rejection of Grievance More than Six Months Before Filing Her Charge.

4/22/10
CU08 I-044
Wayne State University
-and- Devette S. Brown

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charge Summarily Dismissed; Charging Party Failed to State a Valid Claim Under PERA; Allegations Did Not Indicate that Respondent Interfered With, Restrained, Coerced, or Retaliated Against Charging Party For Engaging in PERA Protected Activity.  Charge Also Barred by PERA’s Six Month Limitations  Period; Allegations of Discriminatory Discharge Occurred More Than 13 Months Before Filing Charge.  Commission Lacks Authority to Remedy Allegations of Race and Gender Discrimination.

4/22/10
C08 I-178
Redford Union School District
-and- Wayne County MEA/NEA

Unfair Labor Practice Found – Employer Violated Duty to Bargain Over Mandatory Subjects; Employer’s Unilateral Imposition of Purported Last Best Offer Unlawful Because Parties Were Not at Impasse; Impasse Not Found Where Both Parties’ Positions are Not Fixed; Employer Acknowledged that it Could Have Accepted Less Favorable Terms than Those Included in its Last Offer; Employer Imposed after Union sought Mediation but before Mediation Occurred. 

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found – Union Did Not Violate Duty to Bargain; Employer’s Claim That Union Refused to Negotiate Following Imposition Undermined by Claim That Parties Subsequently Reached Agreement; Commission Lacks Jurisdiction of Claims Brought Under Section 17 of PERA; Commission Lacks Authority Under Section 17 to Provide Remedy for Employer’s Claim That Union Refused to Submit Putative Agreement to Membership for Ratification.

4/15/10
C07 F-132 & CU07 F-030
American Federation of State and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1600
-and- Chris Harrison

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.

4/1/10
 
CU10 A-001
American Federation of State and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 345
-and- Debra Davis

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.

4/1/10
 
CU09 L-044
Wayne County (Jail Health Services)
-and- Russell Jackson

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.

4/1/10
 
C09 K-216 & CU09 K-046

Michigan State Government
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Employment Relations

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