March 2011

Wayne County
–and- Michigan AFSCME Council 25, AFL-CIO

Unfair Labor Practice Found - Unilateral Change in Working Conditions During Pendency of Fact Finding; Employer Violated Duty to Bargain by Unilaterally Imposing a Reduction in Workweek; Unilateral Reduction in Workweek not within the Managerial Prerogative; No Bona Fide Dispute over Interpretation of Expired Contract given the Clear Definition of Layoff and Workweek; Employer Admitted All Material Facts Supporting the ALJ’s Recommended Decision; Evidentiary Hearing not Warranted as no Dispute of Material Fact Existed. Employer Waived its Right to Oral Argument by Failing to Affirmatively Request it.  Charge of ALJ Bias Without Merit.  Further Exceptions not Considered as the Issues were Not Raised before ALJ.

UAW Local 2071
-and- Mary E. Keyes

Michigan Education Association -and- John Parkinson

Technical, Professional & Office Workers Association of Michigan
-and- Alex Krentzin

Leelanau County and Leelanau County Sheriff
–and- Command Officers Association of Michigan

Unit Clarification Petition Granted; Unit of Supervisory Employees Clarified to Include Law Enforcement Commander; Law Enforcement Commander- not an Executive; Law Enforcement Commander has a Community of Interest with Other Supervisory Employees as a Result of his Supervisory Responsibilities.

Kalamazoo County
–and- Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Deputies’ Association

Unfair Labor Practice Found – Employer’s Unlawful Repudiation of Agreement to Provide COLA Increase; No Bona Fide Dispute Regarding Contract Interpretation; Parties Positions in Negotiations not so Solidified as to be at Impasse; ALJ’s Refusal to Consolidate with Employer’s Charge Against Union not Improper; Filing of Act 312 Petition does not Limit MERC’s Authority to Adjudicate Pre-Impasse Unilateral Changes in Working Conditions.  Prior Decisions Suggesting to the Contrary are Overruled.

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

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