SiteTitle | • | Decisions and Opinions of the Illinois State Labor Relations Board | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Sahin Cakir -vs- Department of Central Management Services: On May 2, 2011, Executive Director John F. Brosnan dismissed the unfair labor practice charge filed by Sahin Cakir (Charging Party) in the above-referenced case. The Charging Party alleged that the State of Illinois, Department of Central Management Services (Respondent) wrongly deducted money from his pay to cover insurance costs while he was on leave pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. [sec.] 2601-2654. Because there was no allegation, and evidence did not support finding, that this adverse action was taken in retaliation for the exercise of rights under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315 (2010), as amended, the Executive Director found no issue of law or fact warranting a hearing by the Illinois Labor Relations Board. | | | | Date Created: | 08 23 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-228 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050168 Original UID: 171101 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Countiss -vs- Perkins Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center): On January 26, 2012, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Eileen L. Bell issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in the above-captioned case, recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board) dismiss a complaint filed on behalf of Countiss Perkins (Charging Party). The complaint alleged that the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County violated Section 10(a)(1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315 (2010), as amended (Act), by directing Charging Party's supervisors to deny her overtime opportunities because she had grieved prior denials of overtime. Charging Party filed timely exceptions to the RDO pursuant to Section 1200.135 of the Board's Rules, 80 Ill, Admin. Code Parts 1200 through 1240. Respondent filed a timely response. After reviewing the record, exceptions and response, we reverse the ALJ's RDO and remand for a hearing. | | | | Date Created: | 08 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-225 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050236 Original UID: 171177 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee -vs- City of Ottawa: On October 19, 2009, Administrative Law Judge John Clifford issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned case recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel, find that the City of Ottawa (Respondent) failed to timely answer the Complaint, and therefore admitted the material allegations of fact and law in the Complaint. Accordingly, he recommended that the Board find Respondent violated Sections 10(a)(4) and derivatively, (1), of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/10(a)(1), (4)(2008), by refusing to bargain in good faith with the Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee (Charging Party) in that the Respondent's agents failed to recommend that the Respondent's City Council adopt a tentative agreement reached during interest arbitration and in that it either failed to disclose restrictions placed on its legal representative's authority to bargain on its behalf, or retroactively repudiated that authority. The Administrative's Law Judge further recommended the Board deny the Respondent's request for a variance form the Board's Rules and Regulations, 80 Ill. Admin. Code Parts 1200 through 1240, pursuant to Section 1200.160 pf those rules, and deny the Charging Party's request for the award of costs and attorney's fees. | | | | Date Created: | 02 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-217 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050239 Original UID: 171180 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241-vs- PACE West Division: On October 16, 2012, Administrative Law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal, on behalf of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned matter. No party filed exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation during the time allotted, and at its December 11, 2012 public meeting, the Board, having reviewed the matter, declined to take it up on its own motion. | | | | Date Created: | 12 12 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-193 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050240 Original UID: 171181 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Metropolitan Alliance of Police Northern Illinois University, Chapter #291 -vs- Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University: On July 29, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Sharon B. Wells, on behalf of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned matter. No party filed exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation during the time allotted, and at its October 4, 2011 public meeting, the Board, having reviewed the matter, declined to take it up on its own motion. | | | | Date Created: | 10 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-137 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050241 Original UID: 171182 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Ford Heights chapter #243
-vs- Village of Ford Heights: Petitioner Village of Ford Heights (Village) entered into a two-year intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the County of Cook and the Cook County Sheriff's Department (collectively, Cook County) without bargaining over that decision with the collective bargaining representative, respondent Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Ford Heights Chapter #243 (Union). The net effect of the IGA was dissolution of the Ford Heights Police Department and termination of four members of the bargaining unit. Under the IGA, Cook County assumed all law enforcement duties formerly conducted by the Village's police department exchange for a $3,000 monthly stipend. The respondent Illinois Labor Relations Board (Board) found the Village committed an unfair labor practice by unilaterally entering into the IGA agreement because in IGA was a mandatory subject of bargaining. The Board ordered the Village to rescind the IGA and to make whole the members of the bargaining unit. The Village claims the Board committed clear error by determining that the benefits of bargaining outweighed the burdens that bargaining would impose on the Village's inherent managerial authority. | | | | Date Created: | 07 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-055; No. 1-11-0284 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050242 Original UID: 171183 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Service Employees International Union, Local 73 -vs-New Lenox Fire Protection District: On April 12, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Deanne Rosenbaum, on behalf of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned matter. No party filed exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation during the time allotted, and at its July 12, 2011 public meeting, the Board, having reviewed the matter, declined to take it up on its own motion. | | | | Date Created: | 07 20 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-045 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050243 Original UID: 171184 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Christine Johnson -vs- First Transit/River Valley Metro: The River Valley Metro Mass Transit District (District) is a political subdivision created to provide public transportation within the District's political boundaries. The District contracted with Laidlaw Services, Inc., who subsequently sold its business and assigned the contract to First Group, plc, a parent corporation of First Transit, Inc. (First Transit), to provide public transportation within the District. Christine Johnson was a bus driver, employed by First Transit, whose route operated out of the District's Bourbonnais facility. | | | | Date Created: | 11 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-037; No. 3-10-0435 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050244 Original UID: 171185 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Oak Lawn professional Fire Fighters Association, Local 3405, International Association of Fire Fighters and Village of Oak Lawn: Petitioner, the Village of Oak Lawn, appeals from an order of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), in which it determined that petitioner had violated sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(4) of the Illinois Labor Relations Act (Act)(5 ILCS 315/10(a)(1), (a)(4)(West 2006)) by failing to bargain in good faith over a provision in its collective bargaining agreement with the Oak Lawn Professional Firefighters Association, Local 3405, International Association of Firefighters (Union). On appeal, petitioner contends that the Board erred in determining that it engaged in an unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain with Union where the provision at issue did not concern a mandatory bargaining subject. | | | | Date Created: | 01 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-007; No. 1-10-3417 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050273 Original UID: 171215 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Markham Professional Firefighters Association, Local 3209 IAFF and City of Markham: On September 23, 2011, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Sharon B. Wells issued a Recommended Compliance Decision and Order (Compliance RDO) in the above-captioned matter, recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel, find that the City of Markham (Respondent) had failed to comply with an earlier Board order. ALJ Wells ordered the Respondent to take certain affirmative actions and to reimburse the Markham Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF, Local 3209 (Charging Party) for its costs and reasonable attorney's fees relating to compliance proceedings. Respondent filed exceptions to ALJ Wells' Compliance RDO, pursuant to Section 1200.135 of the Rules and Regulations of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, 80 Ill. Admin. Code [sec.]1200.135. Charging Party filed a response. After reviewing the original order issued concerning the merits in this case, the Compliance RDO, exceptions, supporting brief, and response, we adopt the ALJ's Compliance RDO with only a slight revision. | | | | Date Created: | 01 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-09-001-C | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050274 Original UID: 171216 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Oak Lawn Profesional Firefighters Association Local 3405, IAFF and Village of Oak Lawn:On August 15, 2011, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Philip M Kazanjian issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in the above-captioned case, recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), find that the Village of Oak Lawn (Respondent or Employer) violated Section 10(a)(2) and (1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315 (2010) as amended (Act), by laying off three firefighters and eliminating three additional vacant firefighter positions in retaliation for the Oak Lawn Professional Firefighters Association, Local 3405, IAFF (Charging Party or Union), having filed grievances and collectively bargained on behalf of Respondent's firefighters. | | | | Date Created: | 03 05 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-08-271 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050275 Original UID: 171217 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | James Pino and Village of Oak Park: On October 11, 2011, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Martin Kehoe issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in the above-captioned matter, recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), dismiss an unfair labor practice complaint filed against the Village of Oak Park (Respondent). The complaint had alleged Respondent violated Sections 10(a)(2) and (1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315 (2010) as amended (Act), by terminating the employment of James Pino (Charging Party). | | | | Date Created: | 01 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-08-131 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050276 Original UID: 171218 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Department of Central Management Services (Department of Human Services) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31 and Deborah Daniels, George Dirks, Jayne Halcomb, Alex Jordan, Cassandra Laird, Debrar Murrill, Kelly Schultz, Steve Totten: Section 6.1 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315 (2012), allows the Governor to designate certain employment positions with the State of Illinois as excluded from collective bargaining rights which might otherwise be available under Section 6 of the Act. This case involves such designations made on the Governors behalf by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). On March 21, 2014, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Michelle Owen issued a Recommended Decision and Order (RDO) in this case, finding that the designations were properly made. | | | | Date Created: | 04 10 2014 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-DE-14-222 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050277 Original UID: 171219 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Service Employees International Union, Local 73 and New Lenox Township Fire Protection District: On October 27, 2010, Administrative Law Judge Sharon Wells, on behalf of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned matter. No party filed exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation during the time allotted, and at its February 8, 2011 public meeting, the Board, having reviewed the matter, declined to take it up on its own motion. | | | | Date Created: | 02 10 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-07-209 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050278 Original UID: 171220 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Service Employees International Union, Local 73 and Illinois State Toll Highway Authority: Respondent Service Employees International Union, Local 73 (the Union), filed an unfair labor practice charge against petitioner, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (The Tollway). The Union charged that the Tollway violated an employee's right to union representation under National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251, 43 L. Ed. 2d 171, 95 S. Ct. 959(1975), and sections 10(a)(1) and (a)(4) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act) (5 ILCS 315/10(a)(1), 10(a)(4) (West 2008)), by not providing the employee with advance notice about the topic of investigation before the Tollway conducted an investigative interview. Respondent Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (ILRB), determined that, although a union representative was provided to the employee during the investigative interview, the Tollway's failure to provide advance notice about the topic of the interview violated her right to meaningful union representation and constituted an unfair labor practice. The Tollway appeals. We hold that, while the ILRB correctly determined that the employee was entitled to advance notice about the subject matter of the interview, she was also required to request such advance notice. We therefore set aside the ILRB's order. | | | | Date Created: | 01 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-07-155; No. 2-09-0763 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050279 Original UID: 171221 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 and Town of Cicero: On July 16, 2010, Administrative Law Judge Philip M. Kazanjian issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned case, recommending that the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel, find that the Town of Cicero (Respondent(, did not violate Section 10(a)(2) and derivatively, (1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/10(a)(1), (2)(2008), when it discharged two employees of its Public Works Department. Accordingly, he recommended that the Board dismiss the unfair labor practice complaint. | | | | Date Created: | 02 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-06-307 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050280 Original UID: 171222 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Urszula T. Panikowski and PACE Northwest Division: Petitioner Pace Suburban Bus Service, a division of the Regional Transportation Authority, d/b/a Pace Northwest Division (Pace), appeals from a decision and order of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), finding that Pace violated section 10(a)(1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act)(5 ILCS 315/10(a)(1)(West 2008)) by discharging respondent, Urszula Panikowski, in retaliation for filing a grievance for reinstatement in 1999. On appeal, Pace contends that this court should reverse the Board because: (1) Panikowski failed to prove that her discharge was motivated by antiunion animus; (@) the Board's order was based solely on a finding that Pace offered shifting explanations for discharging Panikowski, which alone is not sufficient to establish that it had an improper motive for discharging Panikowski; (3) the Board erred in refusing to consider Pace's argument that it had a legitimate business reason for discharging Panikowski; and (4) the Board improperly relied on evidence of conduct that occurred outside of the Act's six-month statute of limitations. | | | | Date Created: | 05 13 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-05-217; No. 1-09-2582 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050281 Original UID: 171223 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | John Gaw,and Chris Loudon -vs- Village of Lisle: On September 21, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Philip Kazanjian, on behalf of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, issued a Recommended Decision and Order in the above-captioned matter. No party filed exceptions to the Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation during the time allotted, and at its January 10, 2012 public meeting, the Board, having reviewed the matter, declined to take it up on its own motion. | | | | Date Created: | 01 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-05-009; Case No. S-CA-05-039 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050282 Original UID: 171224 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee -vs- City of Ottawa: On April 14, 2009, a Decision and Order of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board) issued in the above-referenced matter. The Board found that the City of Ottawa (Respondent) had violated Section 10(a)(1) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, 5 ILCS 315/10(a)(2010), when it terminated the employment of probationary patrol officer Mark Manicki pursuant to information obtained during an investigatory interview at which Manicki requested but was denied union representation. Consiquently, the Board ordered Respondent to (1) cease and desist from denying Manicki and any other employee the right to union representation at an investigatory interview as provided for by the Act; (2) post a notice to employees regarding the Board's decision; and (3) award Manicki reinstatement, back pay, lost benefits, and expungement of his disciplinary record. | | | | Date Created: | 06 18 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-04-193; Case No. S-CA-04-233 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050283 Original UID: 171225 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Policemen's Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Committee and City of Bloomington: City of Bloomington (City) seeks direct administrative review of a decision of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, State Panel (Board), that granted a motion by The Policemen's Benevolent and Protective Association Labor Committee (Union) for attorney fees and costs against the City. The City argues (1) the Union failed to serve its motion on the City and (2) the Board's award had no basis. Policemen's Benevolent & Protective Ass'n Labor Committee, 26 PERI 99, No. S-CA-04-120 (ILRB, State Panel, Aug. 27, 2010)(hereinafter 26 PERI 99). | | | | Date Created: | 11 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Case No. S-CA-04-120; No. 4-10-0778 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050284 Original UID: 171226 FIRST WORD: Decisions | |
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