SERVICE EMP. INTERNATIONAL UNION v. U OF M

A16-1985.

902 N.W.2d 54 (2017)

In the Matter of a Petition for Determination of an Appropriate Unit and Certification as Exclusive Representative SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 284, SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, Respondent, v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, UNIT 8, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, Relator, Bureau of Mediation Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed September 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan D. Cummins , Cummins & Cummins, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Service Employees International Union, Local 284).

Karen G. Schanfield , Krista A.P. Hatcher , Pari I. McGarraugh , Fredrikson & Byron P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Douglas R. Peterson , Shelley Carthen Watson , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator University of Minnesota, Unit 8, Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Caitlin M. Micko , Kelly S. Kemp , Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Bureau of Mediation Services).

Margaret A. Luger-Nikolai , Nicole M. Blissenbach , David M. Aron , Education Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Education Minnesota).

Jessica L. Roe , Shannon N.L. Cooper , Roe Law Group, PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae University of Minnesota Faculty Excellence).

Considered and decided by Reyes, Presiding Judge; Connolly, Judge; and Jesson, Judge.


OPINION

The legislature created 13 specific bargaining units for relator University of Minnesota in Minnesota Statutes section 179A.11, a portion of PELRA. This appeal centers on a dispute over which of the 13 bargaining units is appropriate for university employees classified as lecturers, senior lecturers, teaching specialists...

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