FRAT. ORDER OF POL. LABOR COUNCIL v. LOCAL LABOR REL.

No. 1-00-1247.

745 N.E.2d 647 (2001)

319 Ill. App.3d 729

253 Ill.Dec. 524

ILLINOIS FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LABOR COUNCIL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS LOCAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; the City of Chicago; the Public Service Employees Union, Local 46, SEIU, AFL-CIO; the Chicago Crossing Guard Association, Local 729, SEIU; and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 165/21, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Bailey, Western Springs, for Appellant.

Joel A. D'Alba, Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellees-Public Service Employees Union, Local 46, SEIU, AFL-CIO and the Chicago Crossing Guard Association, Local 729, SEIU.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and Jerald S. Post, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Appellees-Illinois Labor Relations Board, Local Panel.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Benna Ruth Solomon, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Suzanne M. Loose, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for Appellees-City of Chicago.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The heretofore undecided question in this case is whether the Illinois Public Labor Act permits three separate unions to jointly represent a single group of City of Chicago public safety employees. The Illinois Local Labor Relations Board said the answer is yes. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On April 2, 1999, the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (Petitioner) filed a Representation...

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