Springfield Police Ass'n v. City of Springfield

Petitioner Springfield Police Association seeks review of an order of the Employment Relations Board (ERB) that held that respondent City of Springfield did not commit an unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain regarding two of petitioner’s contract proposals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This dispute relates to negotiations for a successor to the 1991-94 contract between respondent public employer and petitioner employee representative. Both of the proposals that are the subject of this dispute have their origin in the 1991-94 contract. That contract provided that an employee…