Detroit Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Detroit

These are consolidated appeals as of right by the City of Detroit and the City of Detroit Policemen and Firemen Retirement System Board of Trustees. They challenge a decision and order of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (merc). Merc found that the Board of Trustees had committed an unfair labor practice when it made a unilateral change in a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.

On appeal, the City and the Board assert that the resolution which they adopted only clarified language of the City Charter; it did not affect rights of the charging parties, the Detroit Police…