Chenango Forks Central School District v. New York State Public Employment Relations Board

Respectfully, we dissent and would grant the petition. Nearly nine years ago, escalating health care costs ostensibly resulted in petitioner notifying its employees that it was planning to cut a non-contractual benefit that at that time cost the school over $100,000 per year. Respondent Chenango Forks Teachers Association, NYSUT, AFT, AFL-CIO, Local 2561 (hereinafter the Association) filed a grievance under the 2001-2004 collective bargaining agreement (hereinafter CBA) in July 2003. Some months later, in September 2003, the Association filed an improper practice charge with respondent Public…