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September 2011

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
Washtenaw Community College
-and- Harl Miller

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

9/30/11
(20 day order)
C11 E-109
Village of Stockbridge
-and- Teamsters Local 580

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

9/21/11
(20 day order)
C10 I-233
Michigan State University Administrative - Professional Association, MEA/NEA
-and- Danny Layne

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found. Summary Dismissal Warranted Where Charge Failed to State a Claim upon which Relief can be Granted; Charge Did Not Provide Sufficient Factually Based Allegations to Support a Claim of a Violation by the Union of Its Duty of Fair Representation. Claim of Improper Ex-Parte Communication Rejected Where the Information Obtained is Neither Privileged nor Confidential and is Readily Available to Interested Parties and the Public at Large. Respondent’s Alternate Basis for Charge Dismissal Rejected as Beyond MERC’s  Jurisdiction; PERA Does Not Require a Charging Party to Exhaust Internal Remedies Prior to Filing a Charge.

9/16/11
CU10 I-040
Kent County
-and- Jamie Lee Dalton

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

9/16/11
(20 day order)
C10 L-306
University of Michigan
-and- Graduate Employees Organization/AFT

Petition for Representation Proceedings Dismissed. Research Assistants are Not Employees under PERA.  Commission’s Jurisdiction does not Extend to non-Employees. 1981 Commission Decision Determined the Same Group of Research Assistants were Not Employees; In the Absence of Showing of a Substantial and Material Change of Circumstance, Commission is bound by its precedent.  Parties’ agreement to recognize Research Assistants As Employees Not Binding on Commission; Public Employee Status cannot be Created through an Agreement Between the Parties.

9/14/11
R11 D-034
City of Manistee
-and- United Steelworkers Local 14758

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

9/02/11
(20 day order)
C11 C-036
Hurley Medical Center
-and- AFSCME Local 1603
20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
9/02/11
(20 day order)
C10 C-069

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

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