Local 2916, IAFF v. Public Employment Relations Commission

— The question presented in this case is whether the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) has jurisdiction to rule on a worker’s complaint that a labor organization’s use of the employee’s agency fee is an unfair labor practice, when the worker’s challenge is based on other than religious grounds. Because it is settled law that PERC has been given authority by the Legislature to only determine whether an alleged unfair labor practice affects a right protected by statute, and because we conclude that there has been no showing that the only relevant statutorily protected right, "the…