Chief Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit v. Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council
Illinois Labor Relations Board—State Panel
18 P.E.R. Ill. 2074 (2002)
- Written by Mike Begovic, JD
Facts
Illinois state law imposed obligations on public employers in the runup to an election to determine whether a group of employees would join a union. One such obligation was that a public employer had to submit to the labor organization a list of names and addresses of the employees eligible to vote in the election. The Fraternal Order of Police (the union) (plaintiff) sought to represent a group of 30 probation officers employed by the Chief Judge’s Department of Court Services (the employer) (defendant). On November 9, 2000, the employer was notified of the election and directed to provide a list of names and addresses to the union within seven days. On November 20, the employer sent a list to the labor-relations board, but not the union. On December 4, the union’s attorney notified the employer that it had not received a list. On December 6, the employer’s attorney provided the list and offered to postpone the election by one week, but the union declined the offer. On December 7, the election was held, and the union lost by a vote of 15 to 13. The union filed objections to the election. An administrative-law judge held that the union’s failure to seek the list sooner reflected its indifference to receiving the list, and that the union was not prejudiced in the election. The union appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning ()
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