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June 2012

June 2012

Name
Subject Matter
Date Issued
Case Number
Topic(s)
Detroit Public Schools
-and- Teamsters Local 214
-and- Denise Greer and 194 Members of Teamsters Local 214
 

Motion For Reconsideration Denied – Motion for Reconsideration Relied on Case Interpreting Michigan Court Rules Inapplicable to MERC Proceedings; Motion Offered no Authority to Support Contention that Intervention Should have been Allowed;  Proposed Intervenors Merely Restated Arguments Made in Their Exceptions; Motion to Intervene and Exceptions Were Untimely and Therefore Denied.
6/25/12
 C07 K-252 Reconsideration; Intervenor; Timeliness
City of Flint
-and- AFSCME Council 25, Local 1600		 20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
6/22/12
(20 Day Order)
 C09 F-083 Duty to Bargain; repudiation
Township of Flushing
-and- Brian L. Farlin		 20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
6/22/12
(20 Day Order)
 C11 D-083 Discrimination because of protected concerted activity; Causal connection
Teamsters Local 214
-and- Arenac County Road Commission		 20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
6/22/12
(20 Day Order)
 CU10 I-041 Failure to state a claim; Failure to Respond to Show Cause Order; Repudiation; Grievance arbitration
Detroit Police Officers Association
-and- Robert Boroski, et al.

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found:  Charge Dismissed for Failing to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted Under PERA;  Charging Parties’ Failed to Allege Facts Sufficient to Support Their Claim that Respondent Breached Its Duty of Fair Representation; Respondent’s Filing of a Grievance that Resulted in the Loss of Charging Parties’ Promotions Was Within Its Discretionary Authority in light of its Commitment to Uphold the Terms of the Letter of Agreement with the Employer; A Member’s Mere Dissatisfaction with a Union’s Efforts Regarding the Handling of  a Grievance, Alone, is Insufficient to Constitute a Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation.
6/19/12
 CU10 G-031 Duty of Fair Representation

City of Inkster
-and- Inkster Fire Fighters Union, Local 1577
 

Unfair Labor Practice Found- Employer Interfered with Employees’ Exercise of § 9 Rights; Employer Questioned Employees about the Source of a Rumor That Had Been Discussed at a Union meeting; The Rumor Concerned the Hiring of Non-unit Employees to Perform Bargaining Unit Work, Which if True Would Impact Terms and Conditions of Bargaining Unit Employment; Respondent had no Right to Question Employees or Demand Written Statements About What was Said at a Union Meeting in the Absence of a Legitimate and Substantial Business Justification.
6/19/12
 C09 J-203 Protected concerted activity; Restraint; Interference

Mid-Michigan Community College
-and- AFT Michigan, American Federation of Teachers
 

20 Day Order - MERC no longer prepares summaries on decisions without exceptions.
6/18/12
(20 Day Order)
 C11 A-015

Discrimination because of protected concerted activity; Anti-Union Animus; Social Media

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

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