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Name
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Subject Matter
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Date Issued
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Case Number
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| Lake Erie Transportation Commission -and- Jack
A. Fleeman |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Charging
Party Did Not Establish Prima Facie Case of Discrimination; Charging Party
Failed to Show Hostility Towards Charging Party's Protected Rights; Charging
Party Terminated Due to Long History of Tardiness. |
8/09/04
(20 day order)
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C02 L-259 |
Village of Holly
-and- Teamsters Local 214 |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Failure to
State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted; Employer Under No Contractual
Obligation to Pay Retiree's Health Benefits; Retirees Are Not Considered
Employees; Retiree Benefits are Permissive Subjects of Bargaining; Employer's
Conduct Did Not Transform Issue Into a Mandatory Subject of Bargaining;
No Past Practice of Paying Retiree's Health Benefits Created. |
8/09/04
(20 day order)
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C02 G-168 |
Troy Educational Support Personnel Association,
-and- Michigan Education Association, -and- Kenneth Farhat |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Union Advised
Charging Party to Accept Settlement Offer; Charging Party Did Not Cooperate
With Union; Union's Conduct Within the Range of Reasonableness. |
8/09/04
(20 day order)
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CU02 D-019
& CU02 D-020 |
Detroit Public Schools
-and- LaShunda R. Huffman |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Employer Not Found to Have Denied
Charging Party Opportunity to Have Union Steward Present During Investigatory
Interview; Charging Party's is Testimony No More Credible than that
of Respondent's Witness; Charging Party Failed to Call Corroborative
Witness.
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8/09/04
(20 day order)
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C03 F-138 |
Charter Township of Flint
-and- Teamsters Local 214 |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found in Case No. C03 D-081 -
Employer Did Not Breach Duty to Bargain by Refusing to Bargain Over Filling
Unit Vacancies; Bargaining Ends Once Contract is Reached; Employer Has
Right to Reject Request to Bargain Over a Midterm Contract Modification;
Clause in Contract Allowing Parties to Bargain Before Contract Expired
Does Not Require Bargaining.
Unfair Labor Practice Found in Case No. C03 F-134 - Employer Violated
PERA by Insisting on Tape Recording Grievance Meeting; Employer Cannot
Insist Impasse on Recording Grievance Meetings Because it is a Permissive
Subject of Bargaining; Recording Grievance Meetings May Have Chilling
Effect on Willingness of Parties to Express Themselves.
|
8/09/04
(20 day order)
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C03 D-081 & C03 F-134 |
City of Detroit,
-and- Teamsters Local 214,
-and- Gregory K. Allen |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Charges Fail
to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted; Union Did Not Breach
Its Duty of Fair Representation; When Employer and Union Agree on Interpretation
of a Contract, Their Interpretation Governs; Charge Against Union Untimely;
Charging Party Knew or Should Have Known Date Union Would Not Advance
His Grievance to Arbitration. |
8/09/04
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C02 L-271 &
CU02 L-067 |
Washtenaw Community Mental Health,
-and- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council
25,
-and- Michael Schils |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Charge Against Employer
Untimely; Statute of Limitations is Calculated From Date Charges Are Properly
Filed With Commission; Charges Against Union Also Untimely; When Union
Fails to Act on a Member's Behalf, Statute of Limitations Begins When
Charging Party Knew or Should Have Reasonably Known the Union Would Not
Act on His Behalf; The Commission is Not the Proper Forum to Argue Arbitrators
Decisions. |
8/06/04
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C03 C-061 & CU03 C-017 |
Village of Ortonville
-and- Teamsters Local 214 |
Decision and Direction of Election - DPW Supervisor
Does Not Possess the Requisite Supervisory Authority to be Excluded from
Nonsupervisory Bargaining Unit; Supervisor Spends Bulk of His Time Doing
the Same Duties as Laborers; Directing Routine Tasks and Duties Does Not
Demonstrate Supervisory Authority; Supervisor's Disciplinary Authority
is Limited; All Effective Personnel Decisions are Made by Higher Management.
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8/06/04
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R03 D-76 |
City of Detroit,
-and- Association of Municipal Engineers (AME) |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - No Violation of Duty to Bargain;
Alleged Breach of Contract Not An Unfair Labor Practice Unless Respondent
Has Repudiated the Collective Bargaining Agreement; Respondent Did Not
Repudiate Parties' Memorandum of Understanding.
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8/06/04
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C03 A-015 |
River Rouge School District
-and- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council
25 |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Employer
Did Not Place Employee on Administrative Leave and Require Him to Attend
Anger Management Courses Because of His Protected Activity; No Evidence
of Anti-Union Animus Exists; Employee's Mental Health Deteriorated; Employer
Would Have Made the Same Decision Despite the Protected Activity; No Evidence
Exists that the Employer Placed the Employee on Administrative Leave to
Deprive the Union of an Experienced Negotiator. |
8/03/04
(20 day order)
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C02 B-034 |
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Michigan State Government
Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Bureau of Employment Relations
This page last updated 09/14/04
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