Jackson Fire Fighters Ass'n, Local 1306 v. City of Jackson

These appeals are before this Court pursuant to our Supreme Court’s order vacating our orders in Docket Nos. 187236 and 187801 (currently Docket Nos. 197795 and 197794, respectively), remanding those cases for consideration as on leave granted, ordering them consolidated with Docket Nos. 192470 and 193765, and directing the parties “to brief and argue the effect of conflicting orders from [the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC)] and the Act 312 arbitration panel.” City of Jackson v Jackson Fire Fighters Ass’n, Local 1306, 453 Mich 872 (1996). For reasons that will be stated, we…