Legal Opinion
City of Detroit v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1980No. 63929, (Calendar No. 16)PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
(for affirmance). In 1969, the Michigan Legislature enacted 1969 PA 312, an act to provide for the compulsory interest arbitration of municipal police and fire department disputes. MCL 423.231 et seq.; MSA 17.455(31) et seq. The purpose and intent of the act is described in § 1:
"It is the public policy of this state that in public police and fire departments, where the right of employees to strike is by law prohibited, it is requisite to the high morale of such employees and the efficient operation of such departments to afford an alternate, expeditious, effective and binding procedure for…
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