DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOC. v. City of Detroit

We granted leave in this case limited to one issue:

"Whether the Michigan Employment Relations Commission may, when presented with allegations of unfair labor practices, defer hearing of those charges until after an arbitration award has been made pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, where the subject matter of the alleged unfair labor practices is arguably covered by the collective bargaining agreement in question.”

At the heart of this issue is whether our state Legislature, in enacting the public employment relations act (PERA), intended to authorize the Michigan Employment…