State ex rel. Service Employees International Union, District 925 v. State Employment Relations Board

I respectfully dissent because I disagree with the majority’s determination that SERB abused its discretion in finding that there *183was no probable cause for a hearing on relators’ unfair labor practice charge. The májority improperly assails SERB’S decision based on (1) a differing interpretation of the policy aspects of R.C. Chapter 4117 and (2) a differing view of how SERB should have exercised its discretion with respect to issuing a complaint.

The majority opinion, in essence, holds that any decision by a public employer to privatize is an unfair labor practice. It construes R.C.…