City of Winter Park v. Florida Public Employees Relations Commission

UPCHURCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) which found appellant, the City of Winter Park, guilty of an unfair labor practice against appellee, Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local # 517.

We REVERSE.

This appeal essentially involves a single question, whether PERC erred in concluding that in the absence of ratification by all parties, upon demand, a public employer was required to enter collective bargaining after resolution of a bargaining impasse by legislative action.

Appellant, the City of Winter Park, and…