FLORIDA STATE FIRE SERVICE ASS'N v. STATE

No. 1D13-0117.

128 So.3d 160 (2013)

FLORIDA STATE FIRE SERVICE ASSOCIATION, IAFF, LOCAL S-20, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobe M. Lev and Richard Siwica of Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Gregg Riley Morton of the Public Employees Relations Commission, Tallahassee; Michael Mattimore and Jason E. Vail of Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Thomas W. Brooks of Meyer, Brooks, Demma & Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae Florida Education Association, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO and Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees, NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO; Pamela L. Cooper of the Florida Education Association, Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae Florida Education Association, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO; Donald D. Slesnick, II of the Law Offices of Slesnick & Casey, LLP, Coral Gables, for Amicus Curiae Florida Nurses Association; Paul A. Donnelly of Donnelly and Gross, P.A., Gainesville, for Amicus Curiae Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC; Alma R. Gonzalez of AFSCME Florida Council 79, Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae AFSCME Council 79, AFL-CIO; Richard A. Sicking , Coral Gables, for Amicus Curiae Florida Professional Firefighters, Inc., International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.


PADOVANO, J.

This is an appeal by the Florida State Fire Service Association, IAFF Local S-20, from a final order by the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission dismissing an unfair labor practice charge. The charge was based on a claim that the state had violated the association's right to collective bargaining by failing to negotiate a condition in the agreement pertaining to retirement benefits. We conclude that...

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