Determination of an Appropriate Unit & Certification as Exclusive Representative Service Employees International Union, Local 284 v. University of Minnesota, Unit 8

OPINION

JESSON, Judge

The legislature created 13 specific bargaining units for relator University of Minnesota in Minnesota Statutes section 179A.11, a portion of PELRA. This appeal centers on a dispute over which of the 13 bargaining units is appropriate for university employees classified as lecturers, senior lecturers, teaching specialists, and senior teaching specialists. The university contends that they are appropriately placed in the academic professional and administrative staff unit, Unit 11, while respondent union argues that, given their instructional duties, they should be assigned…