HEALTH EMP. LABOR PROGRAM OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO v. County of Cook

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Health Employees Labor Program of Metropolitan Chicago (Union), appeals from the dismissal of its complaint which sought to compel defendant, County of Cook (County), to arbitrate the grievances of two employees who were covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between the parties and who had been discharged by the County. The Union’s complaint was predicated on the provisions of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 1601 et seq.) and the Uniform Arbitration Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…