Cleveland Board of Education v. State Employment Relations Board

Terrence O’Donnell, Judge.

The Cleveland Board of Education appeals from an order of the common pleas court affirming a decision of the State Employment Relations Board (“SERB”), which found that the board of education had committed an unfair labor practice by transferring the job responsibilities of a steamfitter foreman to a plumber foreman in violation of R.C. 4117.08. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the trial court.

This case arose when Pipefitters Local 120, the union that represents steamfitters and steamfitter foremen who are employed by the Cleveland Board of…