Court Opinion

ID: 9692642
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 15:59:12.187033+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:35.731140
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Cavanagh, J.
(dissenting). In my view, the "adverse impact” standard of AMCAR Div, ACF Industries, Inc v NLRB, 596 F2d 1344, 1349 (CA 8, 1979), which the Court of Appeals adopted in this case, is preferable to the exclusivity rule. The standard is a flexible one and allows for a balancing of interests between the public employer and a labor organization and provides that the duty to bargain will arise only where an employer’s action is inconsistent with past operating practices, effects a change in conditions of employment, or results in significant impairment of job tenure, employment security, or reasonably anticipated work opportunities. Furthermore, the standard supports the position frequently taken by this Court in the past that a determination of whether a duty to bargain arises will be decided on a case-*190by-case basis. A rule of exclusivity per se does not support that principle and does not provide adequate protection of the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
Accordingly, I would affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Archer, J., concurred with Cavanagh, J.