Court Opinion

ID: 9666098
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:04:52.26115+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:23.663263
License: Public Domain

Williams, J.
(concurring). I concur in the narrow issue presented for our determination that a public employer’s collective bargaining obligation, based on PERA, supersedes the home-rule powers of cities relative to the terms and conditions of public employment. I further agree that arbitration is included in the PERA provision of "other terms and conditions of employment” and is therefore a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. I reserve consideration, however, of whether this particular type of arbitration is permissible. See Justice Levin’s and my opinions in Dearborn Fire Fighters v Dearborn, 394 Mich 229; 231 NW2d 226 (1975).
Ryan, J., took no part in the decision of this case.