April 2014

Ionia Public Schools-and-Ionia Education Association

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found- Employer did not violate § 10(1)(a) or (e) when it failed to hold a "bid-bump" meeting or when it failed to post vacancies for teaching positions in accordance with the parties' expired collective bargaining agreement; Employer has no duty to bargain over decisions about teacher placement as such decisions are prohibited subjects of bargaining under §15(3)(j) of PERA.

Tuscola County Road Commission
-and-Teamsters Local 214

Unit Clarification Petition Dismissed- Unit Clarification is Not Appropriate to Move Established Positions in or out of Bargaining Units Contrary to Bargaining History; The Position in Question was Historically Excluded From Petitioner's Unit; Unit Clarification is used to Resolve Ambiguities Concerning Unit Placement of Newly Created or Recently Substantially Changed Classifications; Petitioner Failed to Allege that the Position had been Recently Substantially Changed.

Washtenaw County-and-AFSCME Council 25, Local 3052

Motion for Reconsideration Granted- Commission Decision Incorporating Parties Settlement Agreement to Dismiss Unit Clarification Petitions was Vacated; Parties' Jointly Requested that Settlement Agreement Not be Published; Commission Vacated Decision Based on Parties' Joint Request; Unit Clarification Petitions Dismissed with Prejudice.

Oakland County –and– Oakland County Employees Union

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Respondent did not Violate its Duty to Bargain by Unilaterally Implementing Unpaid Alternate On-Call System; Charge was Timely as Filed within Six Months of Act Constituting Alleged Violation; Allegation of Mid-term Modification of Prior Letter of Agreement (LOA) Dismissed as Language Previously Interpreted by Arbitrator; Unpaid Alternate On-Call System was Covered by LOA, Employer Had Already Satisfied its Duty to Bargain and Was Entitled to Rely on Arbitrator's Interpretation of LOA; Even if Issue was not Covered by Agreement, Undisputed Facts Establish a Past Practice; Respondent's Implementation of Alternate On-Call Systems was Not a Unilateral Change but Merely Continuation of the Status Quo.

Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library-and-AFSCME Council 25, Local 2757.09 and Local 2757.10

Unfair Labor Practice Found- Respondent Repudiated Contract by Refusing to Process Grievance; Charging Party's Notice of Intent to Negotiate was too Ambiguous to Terminate Contract; Grievance Arbitration Provision of Contract is still Binding.

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

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