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MERC Decisions Pending Before the Michigan Court of Appeals
Name | Subject Matter | MERC Case # | COA # |
Detroit Public Schools Community District -and- LC Bulger |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Commission Remanded to ALJ For Supplemental Findings on Section 10(1)(a) Retaliation Claim Raised in Initial Charge; Following Remand, the ALJ Concluded That There Was No Basis to Support a Section 10(1)(a) Claim and Recommended Dismissal; Commission Found Charging Party Was Terminated For Failing to Report to Work, Not For Any Protected Concerted Activity That He Was Engaged In; A Withholding of Services Constitutes a Strike Under Section 2 of PERA, and While Concerted, Strikes Are Not Protected; Charging Party Failed to Provide Sufficient Evidence to Overturn the ALJ’s Credibility Determinations. |
21-C-0538-CE, issued July 14, 2023 |
367167 |
City of Detroit -and- Detroit Police Officers Association | Unfair Labor Practice Found: Commission Reversed ALJ’s Finding That Respondent Had Not Unlawfully Delayed Providing Requested Healthcare Information, and Instead Found it to be a Violation of 10(1)(e); Commission Also Reversed the ALJ and Found That the Employer’s Failure to Provide the Information in the Manner and Specificity Requested by the DPOA to be a Further Violation of 10(1)(e). | 22-B-0358-CE, issued February 20, 2024 | 370018 |
Police Officers Association of Michigan and Leelanau County Deputy Sheriff's Association -and- Leelanau County and Leelanau County Sheriff's Office | Unfair Labor Practice Found: Union Violated its Duty to Bargain Under Section 10(3)(d) By Refusing to Execute the CBA Related to a Wage Scale; Burden on the Union to Clarify the Meaning of the Agreement Prior to Ratification, as the Employer Correctly Implemented the Agreed Upon Wage Scale; Act 312 Panel Had No Jurisdiction Over the Contract Dispute, Making the Filing of the Petition a Violation of PERA. | 23-H-1297-CU, issued November 15, 2024 |
373494 |
Updated 1/2025 |