Rockford Township Highway Department v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Rockford Township highway department (Rockford), seeks administrative review of the State Labor Relations Board’s (Board) decision holding that the discharge of six of its employees constituted an unfair labor practice in violation of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (IPLRA) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 1610(a)(2)). The questions presented for review are: (1) whether the Board had jurisdiction under the statute to decide the unfair labor practice claims; and (2) whether the Board’s finding that six…