Metropolitan Detroit Plumbing & Mechanical Contractors Ass'n v. Employment Security Commission

There are two issues before this Court. First, is the notice provision of Michigan’s labor mediation act preempted by the National Labor Relations Act? Second, if state law is preempted, and this Court is precluded from fashioning a remedy based on state labor law, what effect does preemption have on the parties’ dispute concerning payment of unemployment compensation? We find that since the notice provision of the labor mediation act is preempted, this preemption prohibits the construction of the Employment Security Act to permit payment of compensation in this case.

The dispute between the…