Nebraska Public Employees, Local No. 251 v. City of Omaha

Nebraska Public Employees, Local No. 251, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (the union), the collective bargaining representative of some employees of the City of Omaha (Omaha), appeals an order of the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR) denying its request for test results of Omaha’s employees in its bargaining unit.

Because the allegations in the union’s petition do not set forth an “ [industrial dispute” within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-801(7) (Reissue 1988), the CIR lacked subject matter jurisdiction to rule on the union’s…