LOCAL 1277, AFSCME v. CITY OF CENTER LINE

Docket No. 63505, (Calendar No. 1).

414 Mich. 642 (1982)

327 N.W.2d 822

LOCAL 1277, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NO 23, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO v. CITY OF CENTER LINE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurer, Kalls, Long & Bunn (by George M. Maurer, Jr.) for plaintiff.

Rogensues, Hacker & Easter, P.C. (by Roy W. Rogensues), for defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Marston, Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin & O'Hare, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs and Mary Ellen Gurewitz), for Michigan State Fire Fighters Union and National Union of Police Officers, Local 502, SEIU, AFL-CIO.


WILLIAMS, J.

INTRODUCTION

The issue presented to us in this case is whether an Act 312 arbitration panel had the authority to compel inclusion of a layoff clause in a collective-bargaining agreement between Center Line police officers and the City of Center Line. The layoff clause at issue provides: "The word `layoff' means a reduction in the working force due to a decrease of work or general lack of funds. If for lack of funds, police officers may be laid...

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