The City of Washington, Illinois v. Illinois Labor Relations Board

              No. 3–07–0494
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Filed June 26, 2008
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2008
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS, ) Petition for Review of an Order
) of the Illinois Labor Relations Board,
Petitioner-Appellant, ) State Panel.
)
v. ) ILRB Nos. S–UC–06–082
) & S–UC–06–084
ILLINOIS LABOR RELATIONS BOARD )
and LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION )
OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 231, )
)
Respondents-Appellees. )
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JUSTICE WRIGHT delivered the opinion of the court:
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Petitioner City of Washington (City) seeks review of a final order of the State Panel of
respondent Illinois Labor Relations Board (Board), in which the Board determined that division
supervisors of the City’s public services department were included in a bargaining unit
represented by respondent Laborers International Union of North America, Local 231 (Union).
We affirm the Board’s order.
BACKGROUND
On April 13, 2006, the Board issued a certification of representative, granting in part a
majority interest petition brought by the Union to include nonprofessional employees of the
City’s public services department in a bargaining unit represented exclusively by the Union. In