Bay City Education Ass'n v. Bay City Public Schools

Plaintiff employee associations brought unfair labor charges against Bay City Public Schools after the school board decided to terminate its operation of a special education center and to transfer the responsibility for the programs conducted there to the Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District (isd). This Court is asked to determine whether the local district was subject to a mandatory duty to bargain in good faith with its unionized employees regarding this decision.

The Court of Appeals characterized the local district’s arrangement with its isd as a subcontract and a mandatory bargaining…