DADE COUNTY POLICE v. BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 1D13-6108.

160 So.3d 482 (2015)

DADE COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and Miami-Dade County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Axelrad and Brendan M. Coyle of Dade County Police Benevolent Association, Miami; Thomas W. Brooks of Meyer, Brooks, Demma and Blohm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Matthew J. Mierzwa, Jr. and Richard L. Otzel of Mierzwa & Associates, P.A., Lake Worth, for Local 1403, Metro Dade Fire Fighters, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

James C. Casey and Donald D. Slesnick, II , of Law Offices of Slesnick & Casey, LLP, Coral Gables, for Government Supervisors Association of Florida, OPEIU, Local 100, AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Meryl Robin Porter of AFSCME Council 79 Florida, Miami Springs, for American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 121, AFL-CIO, Local 3292, AFL-CIO, and Local 1363, AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Osnat K. Rind of Phillips, Richard, & Rind, P.A., Miami, for Local 1991 of the Service Employees International Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, General Employees, Local 199, and Transport Workers Union of America, Local 291, AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

G. "Hal" Johnson , General Counsel, Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc., Tallahassee, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

R.A. Cuevas, Jr. , Miami-Dade County Attorney, and William X. Candela and Eric Rodriguez , Assistant County Attorneys, Miami, for Appellees.


The Dade County Police Benevolent Association (Union) appeals a final order of the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) concluding that Miami-Dade County did not commit an unfair labor practice when its Mayor vetoed the County Commission's resolution of an impasse under section 447.403, Florida Statutes (2011). The Union argues...

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